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2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 4: Asia
Indonesia’s LGBTQ couples fear Parliament will make their love a crime
Two cruel variants of homophobia: Zambia and Indonesia
Human Rights Watch map pinpoints 69 countries with anti-gay laws. Different colors indicate different sentences the countries threaten, up to a death sentence, in black. (Click the image to see the HRW report.)
Either 69 or 73 countries have anti-gay laws
Dede Oetomo (Photo courtesy of Sebarr.com)
Interview: Indonesians are gay-friendly if not brainwashed
The Indonesian city of Pariaman is 50 kilometers north of Padang on the island of Sumatra. (Map courtesy of WorldAtlas.com)
Another Indonesian city outlaws gay sex
Homophobe of the Week: whipping advocate Irwandi Yusuf
Untung Sangaji (Photo courtesy of GoAceh)
Indonesia under fire for anti-LGBT raids
Public caning of a gay couple -- a sharia court's punishment for their homosexual activity -- was carried out May 23 outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia.
'Now Indonesia Wants to Hide Its Floggings'
Indonesian police escort several of the 141 people arrested in the May 22 raid. (Photo courtesy of Inquirer News)
LGBT repression grows in Indonesia, with 141 arrests, public caning
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Photo courtesy abc.net.au)
Indonesia keeps persecuting its LGBT citizens
Conservative Indonesians vs. LGBTI rights
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (Photo courtesy of abc.net.au)
Activists to Indonesian leaders: Stifle anti-LGBT officials
U.N. vs. anti-LGBTI laws; plus news in brief
Indonesia: Detention, ‘rehab’ for 2 women who hugged
LGBT fear sharia in Indonesia’s Aceh district