Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has signed a national defense policy that classifies the promotion of LGBTQ+ culture as a “nonmilitary threat” alongside illegal trafficking, natural resource theft, terrorism, atheism and radicalism.
Human Rights Watch says the policy has contributed to harassment and attacks against LGBTQ+ people.
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🏳️🌈June should be a month of love and pride. But for many queer people in Indonesia, it’s still a month of fear, discrimination, and laws that force them to hide who they truly are.
Indonesia being a biggest homophobe a thread 🧵