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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. 

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.