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Indonesia’s human rights commission condemned on Monday the attorney general’s office (AGO) for barring LGBT people from applying for posts because it [the AGO] did not want people with what it called “sexual orientation deviations”. 

The Indonesian city of Depok with nearly two million inhabitants is planning an anti-LGBT law.

The prison chief announced the plan after another official said overcrowded prisons were turning people gay.

Political leaders are increasingly whipping up anti-LGBT hysteria in the country.

In another blow to Indonesia’s LGBT Community, a court last week rejected a lawsuit by a policeman who claimed he was fired for being gay.

The Indonesian police officer alleges he was fired because he is gay and is now taking the police force to court - a rare court case in a country with dwindling rights for the LGBT Community.

Condemned by religion and increasingly by law as well, the LGBT Community is viewed as a moral threat in Indonesia

Brunei has faced widespread condemnation this week after it enacted its Sharia Penal Code.

A gay runner in Indonesia lives his truth in the face of intolerance.

Students could face up to 12 years in prison under Indonesia’s stringent pornography laws.