Never seen anything like this': Inside Indonesia's LGBT crackdown, CNN, 1 June, 2017
*Indonesia LGBT stories: 'I am a target. I am beaten' from BBC News, Feb 2016. "Members of Indonesia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have found themselves at the centre of a political and social media storm in recent weeks."
*‘We Were Treated Like Animals’: The Story Of Indonesia’s LGBT Activists from Huffpost, Nov 2015. “I get so angry when I remember what happened,” Hartoyo told the BBC. “The police urinated on my head and beat the two of us up.
*How Do Indonesians Feel About The LGBTQ+? | ASIAN BOSS from Asian Boss, "How do ordinary Indonesians feel about this incident and how do they perceive people in the LGBTQ community in general? We hit the streets of Jakarta to find out. "
*Outcast: being gay in Indonesia from South China Morning Post, Apr 2019. "Homosexuality is not a crime in Indonesia, but a push by hardline Islamic extremists has led the usage of a pornography law to target LGBT people, with public humiliations and ritual punishments."
*for the related article, read "In Indonesia, LGBT communities viewed as a moral threat – condemned by religion and, increasingly, by law".
LGBT Rights in Indonesia from EQUALDEX
Arus Pelangi (“Rainbow Flow”) was formed in January 2006 in response to a desperate need in Indonesia for formal legal representation of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender (LGBTI) Communities. "
Indonesia to reject 75 UN human rights concerns over treatment of LGBT people, Pink News, 29 July 2017
Indonesia President Jokowi Defends LGBT Rights, HUMAN RIGHT WATCH, 20 October, 2016
No room in Indonesia for gay rights, says president's spokesman, The guardian.11 August 2016
*‘It’s dangerous’: Sinaga case fuels LGBT backlash in Indonesia from Aljazeera, Jan 2020. "But a few days after the Sinaga case made global headlines, a villa in Seminyak was targeted by the local Public Order Agency over allegations it was marketed specifically to gay men. "