	Because of the bureaucratic red tape inherent in the Indonesian civil systems, opposition to any laws or public policies, even if they contradict the fundamentals of the constitution or other ratified laws and agreements (such as the International Covenants). There are three main channels which can be used to lobby and advocate for the dissolution of ratified laws. One is by successfully submitting a Judicial Review to the Supreme Court to prove that the law in question is in fact inconstitutional. However, the current Head of the Supreme Court, whose indefinite term began in 2000, has yet to accept any judicial review from any Indonesian entity, either governmental or non-governmental.
	The second legal option to challenge these discriminatory laws is to receive a recommendation from the Minister of Home Affairs to the President, and in turn get a Presidential decree to overturn the laws. This channel is also very unlikely, as the current President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was elected in large part on the strength of his Vice-President, Yusuf Kalla, a fundamentalist Muslim and the leader of Suharto's old party Golkar, and is not strong enough in his own right to oppose any policy supporting Islam. Despite the unlikelihood of succeeding through this channel, it still remains one of the strongest options for the NGOs currently advocating to oppose the discriminatory Perda.
	The third option is by means of political influence and must be conducted simultaneously with both legal channels if there is to be any success in overturning these Perda. This political route involves political pressure from the districts, including: advocacy, lobbying, and demonstrations. If the district-level populations and Human Rights Defenders are unaware of the rights available to them or unable to access the legal means to overturn these laws, any national campaign will be unsuccessful.
	Fighting discrimination that are sanctioned by existing laws and regulations has become another field of advocacy and lobby work, especially regulations that clearly discriminate against LGBT. Arus Pelangi had several hearings with the Department of Justice and Human Rights to discuss what can be done to enforce equal treatment of LGBT people, in particular transgender people, in the formal labor sector.
	It is common practice in both the public and private sector not to accept transgender people in their ranks out of fear that this would harm the image of their business. Employees who afterwards became known as transgender are usually subjected to severe pressure to conform with conventional dress code or face dismissal.