Indonesia

In October 2025, Indonesian police arrested 34 men for allegedly holding a "gay sex party" at a hotel in Surabaya, the country's second largest city. (Juni Kriswanto photo courtesy of LGBTQ Nation / AFP /Getty Images)
Indonesia’s top Muslim body wants to replace ‘LGBT’ with term that includes sexual abuse
In October 2025, Indonesian police arrested 34 men for allegedly holding a "gay sex party" at a hotel in Surabaya, the country's second largest city. (Juni Kriswanto photo courtesy of LGBTQ Nation / AFP /Getty Images)
Appeal to Indonesia to stop listing ‘LGBTQ culture’ as a national threat
Agustina, 41, a trans woman from Jakarta, Indonesia, poses before the Trans Super Heroes fashion show on Dec. 17, 2023. (Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana photo courtesy of Reuters)
Indonesia parliament considering dangerous ban on LGBTQ content
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LGBTQ rights in 2026: What to expect around the world
An anti-LGBT briefing at an Indonesian air base in December 2024. (Photo courtesy of New Mandala and the Indonesian Air Force)
Indonesia’s two homophobias
Map of LGBT Rights in Asia: DARK BLUE: Equal marriage and non-discrimination law; LIGHT BLUE: Limited recognition of same-sex unions and discrimination banned in certain regions only; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, adoption legal, and discrimination banned; GREEN: At least some sexual orientation discrimination banned nationwide; PALE GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination banned only in certain regions; BEIGE: Crackdowns on LGBT rights advocacy and expression, but homosexuality legal, if only technically; ORANGE: Sodomy illegal; MAGENTA: Sodomy illegal, but discrimination against trans people prohibited.
2025 LGBTQ rights update: Many bright spots in Asia amid the gloom
Metroweekly used this photo to illustrate its article about the Feb. 1 police raid in Indonesia (Zeferli photo courtesy of 123rf and Metroweekly)
Indonesia police arrest 56 men at Jakarta ‘gay sex party’
Half the countries competing at Asian Cup have anti-LGBT laws
Agustina, 41, a trans woman from Jakarta, Indonesia, poses before the Trans Super Heroes fashion show on Dec. 17, 2023. (Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana photo courtesy of Reuters)
Indonesia: Trans fashion show features Christmas and environmental themes
Chris Martin of Coldplay (Photo courtesy of Pride.com)
Indonesia: Anti-Coldplay protesters accuse band of ‘LGBT propaganda’
Same-sex kiss cancels Malaysia festival, days after cancellation of Indonesia conference
In December 2022, protesters hold up signs prior to passage of a new Indonesian criminal code that banned sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president, and expressing views counter to the national ideology, outside parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Willy Kurniawan photo courtesy of Reuters)
Asian LGBT activists cancel Indonesia conference after threats
In Indonesia, trans woman Hendrika Mayora Victoria (left), poses for a photograph with her friends. (Photo courtesy of UCA News)
Indonesian media cautioned against anti-LGBT progaganda
2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 4: Asia
Indonesia’s new Criminal Code could be used to target LGBT people
Barrier for gay activists in Indonesia: Belief that LGBTQ = criminal