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LGBTQ+ festival fights back after Trump's cuts National Endowment for the Arts funding

Here’s how you can support the Criminal Queerness Festival at NYC Pride 2025, showcasing LGBTQ+ playwrights from oppressed countries.

From Afghanistan to Malaysia, these are the 61 countries that still criminalize homosexuality

Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.

Indonesia Bans Gay Emojis

The government has succeeded in getting emojis with a gay theme removed from one social messaging platform and is now going after another. 

Could Indonesia Be Facing an Antigay Crackdown?

The country is suddenly becoming less tolerant of LGBT people in academia or media.

Indonesia Is Trying to Screen Out Queer Teachers

The nation's international schools are quizzing teachers from overseas on such topics as their preferred "gender composition of an orgy." 

Indonesia's Gay Hate Is Fueling an HIV Crisis

Transmission rates have quintupled among gay and bi men, according to a frightening new report.

Indonesia's Antigay Crackdown: 51 Arrests at Sauna

It's part of a string of actions by police against LGBT Indonesians.

Indonesia's Latest Assault on LGBTs: Gay App Ban

In moving to deny access to apps like Grindr, the world's fourth most populous nation continues to isolate and endanger its LGBT citizens.

10 Men Sentenced to Prison for Gay Sex Party in Indonesia

They were arrested during a sauna raid.

Caution Graphic Video: This Is What Indonesia Does to Gay Men

In Indonesia, gays can be punished with public caning, which advocates denounce as "medieval torture."

Men Accused of Gay Sex Could Be First Caned in Indonesia

Neighbors burst in on the naked men and now they could face a public lashing like this one.

Gay Muslim Comic Vanishes After Indonesia Calls It Pornographic

The Indonesian government claims it forced Instagram to remove the content, but Instagram officials said they did no such thing.