ILGA Asia warns of anti-LGBTQ censorship in Indonesia’s broadcasting proposal
Indonesia
An October 8 ILGA Asia report warns that Indonesia's proposed broadcasting changes threaten LGBTQ expression across media and digital spaces. Parliament's own September 8 account confirms that the bill became a House initiative, with further legislative stages remaining. A September 26 parliamentary report quotes a lawmaker advocating restrictions on LGBTQ content while defending the proposal. ILGA's discussion of specific clauses links to an older 2024 analysis, so those clauses should not be treated as an independently verified final 2026 text. This is a proposal, not an enacted nationwide content ban. Excluding trans people's lives from media would restrict visibility and access to information.
Read the Indonesian parliamentary account.