Will a YouTube video about 'being gay in Indonesia' lead to an anti-LGBT law?

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The rights of Indonesia's LGBT community are in the spotlight after a shock jock invited a married gay couple to his YouTube talk show, triggering backlash in the Muslim-majority nation and prompting one official to float a ban on homosexuality. Deddy Corbuzier's Close The Door chat show often courts controversy by featuring celebrities and politicians to speak on sensitive issues,...

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It was instantly condemned by religious conservatives, while LGBT groups were also critical of Corbuzier's bid to exploit their plight to seek attention. "The title alone was designed as a clickbait. The creator of the content was obviously only interested in ratings, rather than educating the public about what it's like being gay in Indonesia," said Muhammad Reza Pahlevi, 38, an openly gay Jakarta resident.

Noting Ragil was able to flee the country after the controversy, Hartoyo added: "I don't want to sound churlish, but now that Ragil has gone back to Germany, where his rights as a gay man are safeguarded by law, we are left to deal with the fallout from his interview." He said that in the draft bill, gay sex and public expressions of homosexuality would be outlawed. He went on to suggest that the government and parliament should just pass the bill, regardless of opposition from civil society, adding that dissenters could always file for a judicial review with the Constitutional Court.

Notable LGBT figures of the day included Walter Spies, the German primitivist painter who moved to Java in 1923, and later to Ubud, Bali, in 1927, as well as Canadian-born musicologist and composer Colin McPhee.

 

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