“We exist… we are made in Indonesia…..World Pride gives us visibility….”

In December, Indonesia passed laws to criminalise sex outside of marriage in three years’ time. What happens then to the LGBTIQ+ people in Indonesia? They don’t exist, do they?

Some unknown people congregate at Federation Square in Melbourne, Feb 2023 (Courtesy: SPD).

Budi Sudarto, Director of Ananda Training and Consultancy is a member of the LGBTIQ+ community in Melbourne, Yayanto Damanik Tan, artist and member of the LGBTIQ+ “Selamat Datang” in Sydney and Alfred Pek, member of the Queer Community in Sydney shared their experiences as LGBTIQ+ people to Sri Dean. For them 'World Pride' is the agency of their existence.

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