LGBT_southeastasian Editor

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LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Jan 1, 2002 to Jan 1, 2016.
Sex between consenting adults (18 years of age by the Law on Child Protection, No. 23/2002) of the same sex or gender is not criminalized in the Indonesian Penal Code. There are three exceptions where homosexuality is marginalized in local ordinances: 1. District Ordinance on Social Order (No. 10/2007) in Banjar, South Kalimantan Province. It mentions “abnormal” homosexual and heterosexual acts (in addition to “normal” ones) in its definition of “prostitute.” No explanation is given for “normal” or “abnormal” acts. It also prohibits the formation of organizations “leading to immoral acts” that are “unacceptable to the culture of [local] society.” These are later explained by giving examples of lesbian and gay organizations “and the like.” 2. City Ordinance on the Development of a Value System in Social Life Based on the Teachings of Islam and Local Social Norms (No. 12/2009) in Tasikmalaya, West Java. It prohibits adultery and prostitution, both heterosexual and homosexual. 3. City Ordinance on the Prevention, Eradication and Prosecution of Social Ills (No. 9/2010) in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra. The section with de$nition of terms explicitly mentions “homosexual and lesbian” relationships and later prohibits such relationships and prohibits persons from “o#ering themselves for homosexual and lesbian relationships either with or without payment.” Alongside these local ordinances, Aceh province (a province with significant legislative autonomy from the rest of Indonesia) from October, 2015, criminalises homosexual sex between muslim men with a punishment of up to 100 lashes.
Sources: Being LGBT in Asia - Indonesia Report 2014 asia-pacific.undp.org/conte… loc.gov/law/foreign-news/ar…
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The age of consent is 18 years old. Partially illegal in the Autonomous province of Aceh. Although, the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts an overbroad interpretation of the pornography law, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The age of consent is 18 years old. Partially illegal in the Autonomous province of Aceh. Although, the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts an overbroad interpretation of the pornography law, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The age of consent is 18 years old. Partially illegal in the Autonomous province of Aceh. Although, the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts an overbroad interpretation of the pornography law, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The age of consent is 18 years old. Partially illegal in the Autonomous province of Aceh. Although, the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts an overbroad interpretation of the pornography law, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Kuwait.
Right to change legal gender: N/A from 2022 to now.
No law criminalizing transgenders, but Transgender people are still not legally allowed to change legal gender.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Kuwait.
Right to change legal gender: N/A from 2021 to now.
No law criminalizing transgenders, but Transgender people are still not legally allowed to change legal gender.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Qatar.
Right to change legal gender: N/A from 1915 to now.
No laws against crossdressing but changing genders aren’t recognized specifically.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Antigua and Barbuda.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 5, 2022 to now.
The high court of Justice for Antigua and Barbuda ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and void, therefore legalizing homosexuality since 2022.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Antigua and Barbuda.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 5, 2022 to now.
The court ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and void, therefore legalizing homosexuality since 2022.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Antigua and Barbuda.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 5, 2022 to now.
The court ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and therefore void, therefore legalizing homosexuality since 2022.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Antigua and Barbuda.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) from 1995 to Jul 5, 2022.
Sexual Offences Act of 1995 (Act No. 9) Buggery Article 12. “(1) A person who commits buggery is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment - (a) for life, if committed by an adult on a minor; (b) for  fteen years, if committed by an adult on another adult; (c) for  ve years, if committed by a minor. (2) In this section “buggery” means sexual intercourse per anum by a male person with a male person or by a male person with a female person.” Serious indecency Article 15. “(1) A person who commits an act of serious indecency on or towards another is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment - (a) for ten years, if committed on or towards a minor under sixteen years of age; (b) for  ve years, if committed on or towards a person sixteen years of age or more, (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an act of serious indecency committed in private between - (a) a husband and his wife; or (b) a male person and a female person each of whom is sixteen years of age or more; (3) An act of “serious indecency” is an act, other than sexual intercourse (whether natural or unnatural), by a person involving the use of genital organ for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire.”
LGBT_southeastasian added an entry in Antigua and Barbuda.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 5, 2022 to now.
The high court of Justice for Antigua and Barbuda ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and void, therefore legalizing homosexuality since 2022.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Brunei.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (death penalty as punishment) from Mar 28, 2019 to now.
Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Saudi Arabia.
Blood donations by MSMs: N/A from past to now.
No laws against it but its Illegal to be LGBT in this country.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Equal age of consent: Varies by Region from Oct 15, 2019 to now.
Equalized under the child protection act, for both homosexual and heterosexual activity is 18 years old . However under the Indonesian Penal code the minimum age of consent for heterosexual activity is minimum 15 years old, whereas the age of consent for homosexual activity is 18 years old. In 2019, the marriageable age for a heterosexual marriage is equalized to 19 years old for both males and females.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The age of consent is 18 years old. Partially illegal in the Autonomous province of Aceh. Although, the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts an overbroad interpretation of the pornography law, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The age of consent is 18 years old. Partially illegal in the Autonomous province of Aceh. Although, the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts an overbroad interpretation of the pornography act, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The age of consent is 18. In 2002, a special autonomy was introduced in the Aceh province, which enables Aceh to have sharia law. The northernmost province of Aceh proceeded to enact a sharia based anti homosexuality law that punishes anyone caught having Gay sex with 100 strokes of the cane or equivalent to 8 years in prison. Although, the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts an overbroad interpretation of the pornography act, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The age of consent is 18. In 2002, a special autonomy was introduced in the Aceh province, which enables Aceh to have sharia law. The northernmost province of Aceh proceeded to enact a sharia based anti homosexuality law that punishes anyone caught having Gay sex with 100 strokes of the cane or equivalent to 8 years in prison. Although the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts, an overbroad interpretation of the pornography act, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Djibouti.
Homosexual activity: Legal from past to now.
No laws criminalizing homosexuality.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The age of consent is 18. In 2002, a special autonomy was introduced in the Aceh province, which enables Aceh to have sharia law. The northernmost province of Aceh proceeded to enact a sharia based anti homosexuality law that punishes anyone caught having Gay sex with 100 strokes of the cane or equivalent to 8 years in prison. Although, the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts an overbroad interpretation of the pornography act, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The Indonesian National law does not criminalize homosexuality, does not have a sodomy law and do not currently criminalize private, non commercial gay acts among consenting adults. In 2002, a special autonomy was introduced in the Aceh province, which enables Aceh to have sharia law. The northernmost province of Aceh proceeded to enact a sharia based anti homosexuality law that punishes anyone caught having Gay sex with 100 strokes of the cane or equivalent to 8 years in prison. Although, the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts an overbroad interpretation of the pornography act, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Russia.
Homosexual activity: Legal from 1993 to now.
Homosexual activity is legal in Russia, however, "anti-gay sentiments remain high." Though its illegal in Chechnya (punishable by caning on the first two offence and execution on the third offence). On June 29, 2013, Russia was criticized internationally after a law passed that banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations."
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from Aug 9, 2001 to now.
Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia. The Indonesian National law does not criminalize homosexuality, does not have a sodomy law and do not currently criminalize private, non commercial gay acts among consenting adults. In 2002, a special autonomy was introduced in the Aceh province, which enables Aceh to have sharia law. The northernmost province of Aceh proceeded to enact a sharia based anti homosexuality law that punishes anyone caught having Gay sex with 100 strokes of the cane or equivalent to 8 years in prison. Although, the Indonesian law allows homosexual conducts an overbroad interpreration of the pornography act, coupled with government action has enabled the police to use in targetting LGBT people.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Brunei.
Censorship of LGBT Issues: Other punishment from past to now.
In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Brunei.
Censorship of LGBT Issues: Other punishment from past to now.
In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Same-sex adoption: Single only from past to now.
Same-sex couples are legally prohibited from adopting children in Indonesia by a joint adoption. Prospective parents must be in a marriage recognized by Indonesia. By the National law, adoption must be from a married heterosexual couple. However, single parents can adopt under regional minister’s allowance. There are no requirements regarding sexual orientation or gender identity to adopt a child as single parent.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Indonesia.
Homosexual activity: Legal from 1993 to Sep 24, 2019.
Legal Nationwide (The age of consent in Indonesia for a Homosexual Activity is 18 years old since 1993), except in Aceh : Aceh's law on criminalizing "Anal Sex" for Muslim men came into effect on October 23rd, 2015. Indonesia's proposed new penal code which sought to criminalize Homosexual conducts was failed to pass as of September 24, 2019.
LGBT_southeastasian edited an entry in Saudi Arabia.
Serving openly in military: Don't Ask, Don't Tell from past to now.
No rules against it but Sharia law doesn't let LGBTQ+ personel to serve openly in the military.

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