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A heated debate on twitter was sparked when the Indonesian Air Force saying LGBT was a mental disorder, and LGBT candidates would not be accepted.

The crackdown has included raids on bars, saunas, hotels and private residences.

Ten men out of some 140 arrested at a sauna in Indonesian capital Jakarta in May were put behind bars.

Indonesia parliament drafts bill to ban “LGBT behaviour” from broadcasts and advertisements.

A number of foreigners were arrested in the raid and could face six years in jail under pornography charges.

Homosexuality is not illegal in Indonesia, but homophobic attitudes have been rising, further marginalizing LGBT.

Indonesia’s most populous province deploy a task force to investigate LGBT in the region amid crackdown on homosexuality in the country.

Two men caned 83 times each in the Indonesian province of Aceh after being caught having sex.

Late-night raid at a sauna in Indonesian capital Jakarta

The trial of two men filmed having sex by vigilantes has begun in Indonesia’s Aceh province.