Posts with tag: Dania Joedo

Talking Indonesia: LGBTQI+ community under attack

Last month, a series of attacks on transgender women in Bogor sent a chill through a community for whom this kind of violence is increasingly normal. The recent attacks have coincided with the release of the full text of Presidential Regulation No. 111 of 2025 concerning the 2025-2029 General Policy for National Defence, classifying the spread of LGBTQI+ culture as a ‘non-military’ threat to the state. In this week's episode, Jemma Purdey chats with Dania Joedo, a musician and human rights activist, about the renewed anti-LGBTQI+ sentiment in Indonesia.

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