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Indonesia has a growing hardline group of religious people. Politicians try to gear up with these fanatic groups for the sake of populist election gains. With t...
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Indonesia has a growing hardline group of religious people. Politicians try to gear up with these fanatic groups for the sake of populist election gains. With the upcoming elections in 2019, the scapegoating of the LGBTQ community flares up once again. It goes as far as blaming the LGBTQ community for natural disasters like the recent earthquakes and tsunami in the region.
The city of Yogyakarta on Java Island, long known as a tolerant place for people of all likes from allover Indonesia, is rapidly growing into a much more narrow minded community. In 2015 anti LGBT banners were polluting the streets. Politicians suggested to send homosexual people to doctors and healers. The national society of psychiatrists officially classified LGBTQ people as mentally ill.
The transgender community as the most visible group is scared. They often work as buskers or sex workers on the streets. They are regularly picked up and put in camps. This group of 4 'waria' (transgenders) decided to pick up the fight in a creative way and formed a vocal music group AMUBA or amoeba. secondThis set of photos shows their description of themselves as birds: free, pretty, elegant and strong.
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The city of Yogyakarta on Java Island, long known as a tolerant place for people of all likes from allover Indonesia, is rapidly growing into a much more narrow minded community. In 2015 anti LGBT banners were polluting the streets. Politicians suggested to send homosexual people to doctors and healers. The national society of psychiatrists officially classified LGBTQ people as mentally ill.
The transgender community as the most visible group is scared. They often work as buskers or sex workers on the streets. They are regularly picked up and put in camps. This group of 4 'waria' (transgenders) decided to pick up the fight in a creative way and formed a vocal music group AMUBA or amoeba. secondThis set of photos shows their description of themselves as birds: free, pretty, elegant and strong.
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