How does it feels to be a brown gay man in Australia.

Is the lot of gay LOTEs in Australia better than in Asian countries like Indonesia?

Budi Sudarto took part in Melbourne's Pride March on 2 February 2020. Source: Dean Arcuri - DEANation

Budi Sudarto came to Australia with the hope that developed countries would be more open in accepting LGBTI people.

But he said that the hardest experience in his personal journey as a Muslim gay man actually happened when he was in Australia.

 

"Even though we have more rights, there are still issues about race in Australia ... there are still issues that we have brown skin," he said. "That is a very big problem because racism in the LGBT community is quite strong, especially since the 90s were quite strong."

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