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| Govt to evaluate discriminatory
bylaws
The Jakarta Post - November 02, 2006 Breaking a long silence on the issue, the Justice and Human Rights Ministry promised Wednesday to review regional bylaws accused of discriminating against minority groups. |
| Gays fight Sharia laws
by Doug Ireland - October 14, 2006 Indonesia’s fledgling LGBT group, Arus Pelangi, last Monday launched a national campaign against a welter of ultra-homophobic regional statutes based on Muslim Sharia law. |
| Homosexuality in the Animal kingdom Natural History Museum, Oslo, 10 October 2006 Can animals be homosexual? The sexual urge is strong in all animals. Many species have sex outside the mating season and commonly enjoy sex without reproductive intent – rubbing their sexual organs against each other or stimulating themselves or their partners in other ways. When animals of the same gender have sex, they exhibit homosexual behaviour. We call such animals homosexuals. Some animals are consistently homosexual throughout their life. |
| Sexual minorities protest bylaws
The Jakarta Post - October 03, 2006 Sexual minority groups demanded Monday the government revoke dozens of regional bylaws they described as discriminatory. |
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'Warias' of the wasteland The Jakarta Post - July 30, 2006 While returning home one evening last week after blowing the froth off a few ales on Jakarta's street of backpackers and broken dreams (Jl. Jaksa), my Blue Bird hansom cab passed over the river/canal overpass that connects Menteng with the skyscrapers of Jl. Rasuna Said. On the overpass I saw several tradesmen plying their wares on another grueling evening shift. |
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Indonesia in the grip of religious fervour The New Straits Times - July 30, 2006 Islamists are posing a threat to the pluralistic make-up of Indonesia. They have wrested control of some regional legislatures and imposed Syariah, although this is against the secular Constitution, writes Amy Chew. |
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'Anti-porno' fight tests Muslim tolerance in Indonesia Reuters - July 30, 2006 Jakarta - A battle brewing over a draft anti-smut law has laid bare deep divisions within Indonesia and, say critics, threatens its traditionally tolerant approach to Islam. |
| Group pledges to fight thuggery
The Jakarta Post - July 4, 2006 Enough is enough, said representatives of nonprofit organizations, artists, religious leaders, journalists and activists, vowing Monday to fight thuggery in the capital. . |
| Transgenders seek equality at work
Jakarta Post - 16 May 2006 Jakarta, Indonesia — Groups fighting for the rights of homosexuals and transgenders have demanded the government stop discrimination and support their right to work in the formal sector. |
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Alternative lifestyle book hits newsstands The Jakarta Post - February 26, 2006 PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama (GPU), a subsidiary of the country's largest publisher, the Gramedia group, launched a collection of short stories Wednesday entitled Rahasia Bulan (Secrets of the Moon), which focuses on the themes of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual lifestyle choices. |
| Women activists yell no to antiporn bill Jakarta Post - February 6, 2006 Jakarta – Activists from several NGOs dealing with women's issues on Saturday came out against the much-debated pornography bill, which they claimed would repress women. |
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