Indonesia: Family and religious pressures trump the law
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It has a population ten times the size of Australia. So if you believe that 1 in 10 people are gay, that’s a potential rainbow glow of 24 million people just to the north of Australia. We look at one of our closest and most important neighbours – Indonesia.
- It hasn’t been long since homosexuality was decriminalised – so has there been any change in the way the LGBTIQ community is viewed?
- In the battle between pleasing the family and coming out, can there be only one winner?
- And will Australia really be seen as decadent by our Indonesian neighbours if we legalise same-sex marriage?
To look at life as an LGBTIQ local, we spoke with Tirto – an Indonesian born national now living in Melbourne.
Find out more on World Wide Wave’s Indonesia page.
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