THEGAYUK

Day: 3 February 2018

  • Is it safe for LGBT people to travel to Indonesia?

    Is it safe for LGBT people to travel to Indonesia?

    Despite homosexuality not being illegal in Indonesia, recent events have shown that it is not an entirely safe place for gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people to visit.

    Strictly speaking, homosexuality is not illegal in Indonesia. However, the country does have a very conservative view on same-sex sexual acts.

    Recently there has been a crackdown on homosexuality and transgender people, particularly in the Aceh Province, which uses Sharia law to govern its people, Sharia law outlaws same-sex sexual activity.

    There have also been reports where there have been raids on gay men in the Country’s capital city, Jarkata. In May 2017, dozens of men were arrested for allegedly attending a party at a sauna. Police raided the venue and captured 144 men, under broad pornography laws. The broadly written rules have been used to target the gay community in the past unfairly.

    Punishment has ranged from 100 lashes, in public, in Aceh, to imprisonment and public humiliation in other areas.

    THEGAYUK.com cannot, at this time recommend that anyone who identifies as LGBT+ travel to Indonesia for the foreseeable future. However, if you do visit, we recommend that you do not use gay saunas, which could be targetted by law enforcement officials. If you are travelling to Aceh province, you should refrain from public displays of affection with a same-sex partner.

  • 12 Transgender Women Detained In Indonesia’s Aceh

    A YouTube video posted Sunday showed Indonesia’s North Aceh Police Chief Untung Sangaji denounce transgender people. … and extramarital sex. Reza, an LGBT activist, who asked for his real name to be concealed told Guardian, “A lot of the salons have closed because of rumors that fundamentalists will raid them after Friday prayers … (more…)

  • Rose McGowan cancels all further public appearances

    “I have given enough. I have given beauty”

    Actor turned activist, Rose McGowan, has cancelled upcoming public appearances to promote her new book, Brave, following on from what she’s described as a verbal assault, by a trans activist.

    The former Charmed actor then went on to call out her publicists, managers and the audience of the event, for being complicit.

    She then called upon bookseller Barnes and Noble to apologise for the “assault”.

    Upset at the bookstore

    Earlier this week, a transgender activist, passionately told McGowan, “Trans women are dying, and you said that we, as trans women, are not like regular women.

    “We get raped more often. We go through domestic violence more often.

    “There was a trans woman killed here a few blocks [away]. I have been followed home.”

    McGowan responded civilly at first saying, “So have I. So have I. So have I. We’re the same. My point was: we are the same,

    “There’s an entire show called ID channel, a network, dedicated 24 hours a day to women getting abused, murdered, sexualised and violated, and you are too, sister.

    “It’s the same.”

    However, when the activist responded that McGowan had done “nothing for” trans women and labelled as a cis white feminist, McGowan lost her cool.

    Watch the video here

    Cancellation

    Taking to Twitter, McGowan, 44, wrote, “I am canceling upcoming public appearances because I have given enough. I have given beauty, in return I was VERBALLY ASSAULTED for two full minutes by an actor paid to verbally assault a woman who has been terrorized by your system. And no ONE in that room did anything

    “And everyone from my publicists, t assistants, managers and every person sitting in their chairs frozen by their weakness, a weakness called COMPLICITY. The truth is you all failed me. Again. And again. And again.

    “I would like an apology from the manager of the Union Square and all security people, and the audience, who did nothing and let the paid verbal assault of an assaulted woman happen. Cool?”

     

  • Courtney Act wins Celebrity Big Bro, Year of the Woman

    After 32 days and for the final time, Emma Willis addressed the Celebrity Big Brother house and announced live that this series’ winner, who received the most votes was Courtney Act and Ann Widdecombe as runner-up.

    CBB’s champion left the house to cheers from the crowd, greeted by Emma.

    Courtney confirmed, “This is just amazing! Thank you! Thank you to the eight glorious women who were in the house and to all of my other housemates. Those people made it possible, those experiences we had…this is so surreal right now. It’s amazing to think the public have chosen me, I guess it’s validation. I guess this is validation that it’s OK to be different.”

    Shane J / Courtney added, “You forget about the people watching at home and making their own opinions on the conversations…I guess they liked the conversations!”

    On Andrew, “Had a crush on him! He’s just so comfortable about everyone and everything, just knowing who he is. I love that and respect that about him. I do respect his boundaries. It’s fun to flirt!”

    Courtney confirmed the wardrobe malfunction on launch “wasn’t planned”.