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A city statement asks municipal enforcers to respond and coordinate with police and military, widening official attention beyond a café video.

Municipal enforcers seek clarification after a café video circulated, while management describes an ordinary music night.

PKS says it has received an MUI draft and will pursue it in parliament’s legislative body. The available accounts do not confirm formal introduction or enactment.

Organisations have pressed councillors in the Indonesian city to consider restrictions. The reported demands are not an enacted ban, and councillors say the legal basis needs examination.

Religious conservatives continue to increase pressure on the queer community.

Showing support for LGBTQ Pride has created some tension.

Let’s take a look at some of the key equality indicators.

Amnesty International has condemned the Indonesia Military for jailing and dismissing a soldier because he had gay sex with another officer.

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.

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.