Forced exorcism is sadly a common story for gay and transgender people in the world's biggest Muslim majority nation, where a conservative shift has seen the LGBT Community increasingly targeted in recent years.
CNN Philippines reports that according to the Philippines’ Insurance Commission, members of the LGBT Community should be able to designate their partners as beneficiaries in their life insurance plans.
Politicians in Indonesia are planning a revamp of the country’s criminal code, with forced incarceration for LGBT people in rehabilitation camps as part of a new ‘Family Resilience’ law. A leaked version of the law also says it will outlaw surrogacy and S&M sex.