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January 30th, 2018 
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nsnbc : Indonesia will not legally recognize the identity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), said Vice President Jusuf Kalla commented while speaking on the issue of the parliament’s plan on regulating the LGBT earlier this week. Ironically, Indonesia is developing its tourism cooperation with Iran where bisexuals risk the death penalty.
The 2005 public hanging of two teenagers for gay sex in Iran sparked international outrage but other, not so highly publicized cases are commonplace. Is Indonesia heading in the same direction?
Kalla, on Tuesday this week, said: “I do not know what kind of process is carried out in the House, but I do not think anyone would dare to legalize it in Indonesia.” Although Kalla does not deny the LGBT in the country, and the de-facto existence of LGBT behavior, Kalla said he thinks it is unnecessary for LGBT to be legalized in order to support the recognition of their identity.
“Yes, it is a reality that they exist as part of the society. However, it is a private business that does not need to be campaigned out or formally legalized.” People`s Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker Zulkifli Hasan has reportedly made a statement about five factions in the House that agreed to make a bill on LGBT. Hasan’s remarks triggered reactions from the highly religiously / Islamist indoctrinated Indonesian public and conservative legislators. House of Representatives speaker Bambang Soesatyo denied any efforts to form a bill on LGBT.
However, the House of Representatives Commission III is discussing the Draft Law on Penal Code (Criminal Code), in which one of the articles discusses the extension of criminal prosecution against LGBT behavior.
“Our spirit is in the discussion of the Criminal Code Bill in addition to rejecting LGBT, and there is an extension of the punishment of LGBT behavior. Therefore, it is not only the abuse of minors but also the same kind of relationship that can be categorized as immoral behavior,” Soesatyo explained.
Indonesia is – in other words – conflating the sexual abuse of minors and the LGBT community while there are attempts to further criminalize the segment of the population that either identifies as LGBT or those who freely chose to experiment with their sexuality outside of the religiously-based moral and legal framework Indonesia has set to restrain the Indonesian population.
Ironically, five Indonesian companies participated in the Tehran International Tourism Expo (TITEX) 2018, from Jan 23 to 26, to explore tourists from Iran; Another Islamist-ruled country. Iranian tourists might, despite Jakarta’s conservative approach to the LGBT issue feel relatively relaxed in Indonesia. At least there, gay teenagers don’t risk the death penalty for practicing homosexual sex – as they could risk in Iran – yet.
CH/L – nsnbc 27.01.2018
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