![]() "As a citizen, whoever the person is will have his rights protected, without looking at his sexual preference," presidential spokesman Johan Budi told Reuters in a text message. The comment "grew into a cascade of threats and vitriol" against LGBT Indonesians, fuelling increased hostility from family and neighbours and fostered stigmatisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Thursday.īut the government hit back at the criticism. ![]() But LGBT people suffered a sudden public backlash when a central government minister said in January that LGBT people should be barred from university campuses. The LGBT community is largely tolerated in Indonesia, especially in urban areas. ![]() JAKARTA, Aug 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indonesia said on Thursday there was "no room" for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement in the country, after Human Rights Watch criticised the government for failing to protect the group that has come under unprecedented attack. (Releads with presidential spokesman comments) The LGBT community is tolerated in Indonesia but recently suffered a public backlash when a government minister said that LGBT people should be barred from university campuses
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