Police raided several beauty salons in the
conservative province in Aceh, rounding up a group of transgender women who had
been accused of making fun of young boys. The police provided the reasoning as
violating the province’s religious laws and had to hold back a crowd of locals
from attacking the transgender group.
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Police proceeded to “re-educate” the Trans people by
cutting their hair and demanding them to talk in masculine voices. The police
chief comments that the re-education is necessary as “their numbers are
growing”. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia where homosexuality is illegal
and LGBT people are often criminalized with an anti-pornography law.
Aceh has been granted autonomy to be governed by
Islamic law since 2001. The Trans women will be arrested until they complete
their “training program” to become manlier.
Amnesty International in Indonesia has spoken out against the treatment of the transgender women saying it is a breach of “human rights” and needs to be investigated.
Amnesty International in Indonesia has spoken out against the treatment of the transgender women saying it is a breach of “human rights” and needs to be investigated.
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