Edition 139: Jan-Mar 2020 [English] - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Dec 26, 2024 Last Updated 2:20 AM, Oct 31, 2024

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Sexualities in Indonesia

Waria (trans women) in Sulawesi around 1950 / courtesy of Sharyn Graham Davies

Despite increasingly worrying levels of harassment and surveillance, sexual diversity and sexual empowerment are finding spaces in Indonesia

#EroticArt: Agency, advocacy and women’s sexuality

One of my erotic drawings posted on Instagram / Patresia Kirnandita

Art and activism combine to drive the discourse about female sexuality on Instagram

#MeToo Indonesia

House of the Unsilenced postcard, which reads: ‘This is our house, which we’ve built from our stories and artworks. Here we are not silenced. Here we are free to express ourselves. Listen to our voices!’ / Adriana Rahajeng with permission from House of the Unsilenced

Indonesian feminists are capitalising on #MeToo, and using social media to facilitate offline action

Queer pop culture

Indonesian female cosplayer performing as a male character / Indra Adryan @indraadryan; APHIN @phinaphin. permission to use the photo granted

Korean idols and Japanese boys’ love comics are finding new places for queer expression in Indonesia

Hip-hop: a missed opportunity

Young Papuan men enjoying hip-hop / Diana Prakasi

Hip-hop should be combating, not reinforcing, the problem of sexual violence in West Papua

Online hate speech

Protest at Cianjur, October 2018 / Dina Listiorini

News media has helped drive a dramatic rise in online anti-LGBT hate speech

Mobilising fear

Antara Foto / Andreas Fitri Atmoko

Unchecked hate speech against Indonesia’s LGBT community is having a devastating effect

Breaking free in gay Paris

/ Tristan Billet @Unsplash Creative Commons

Some gay Indonesians move overseas to lead a more simple and openly gay life

Fearing the queer

The statue of Garuda Pancasila, the Indonesian coat of arms displayed in the Ruang Tenang (quiet room) at Monas (the National Monument) in Jakarta / Gunawan Kartapranata/CC BY-SA 4.0

Indonesia’s national image excludes many, in clear contradiction with its laws and principles

Allies in Java

Aan Anshori starts his presentation on Islam and sexuality / Diego Garcia Rodriguez

LGBT activists are working with religious allies and others to promote faith-based tolerance

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