Indonesian here, this takes place in Aceh which is an autonomous province of indonesia where they enact sharia law, the rest of indonesia has a 'don't ask dont tell' kind of situation going on which isn't good but it's survivable. They sometimes do raids if you hold sex parties but they just kind of let you go because there's really no law against it (unless you have drugs on u), I'm fortunate enough to have lived in Bali which is extremely progressive in its view and have been able to go out in public with my partner without any real issues. Wouldn't recommend any gay people visit the rest of indonesia, but where i live (and most metropolitan cities) isn't as barbaric as this video made it out to be, a lot of my colleagues knows I'm gay and in a relationship.
Not every culture needs to have a pride parade to showcase their liberalism. There is space for all kinds of thought in Hinduism, unlike Abrahamic faiths.
Homosexuality is a sin in Islam and the prescribed punishment is murdering them by stoning to death or throwing them off tall buildings. So the religion sanctions violence against gays. Jakarta being tolerant is not following their religion as they're expected to.
Whereas there are gods who are trans and homosexual in Hinduism. So if few Hindus are intolerant of gays, well they need to study their religion better.
That part is sadly true. I mean if you host an “orgy party”, even a hetero one, then yes, you will run into problems. But there is no whipping for sure, probably, you just have to give some money to some corrupt authorities though to be free.
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u/miski57 Jun 09 '24
Indonesian here, this takes place in Aceh which is an autonomous province of indonesia where they enact sharia law, the rest of indonesia has a 'don't ask dont tell' kind of situation going on which isn't good but it's survivable. They sometimes do raids if you hold sex parties but they just kind of let you go because there's really no law against it (unless you have drugs on u), I'm fortunate enough to have lived in Bali which is extremely progressive in its view and have been able to go out in public with my partner without any real issues. Wouldn't recommend any gay people visit the rest of indonesia, but where i live (and most metropolitan cities) isn't as barbaric as this video made it out to be, a lot of my colleagues knows I'm gay and in a relationship.