LGBT rights in Aceh | |
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Status | Illegal [1] |
Penalty | 100 strokes of the cane or 8 years in prison |
Gender identity | Since 2009, only Indonesians who have undergone gender re-assignment surgery have been allowed to change their gender on identity documents, and a third gender option is not recognized [2] |
Military | No |
Family rights | |
Recognition of relationships | No recognition of same-sex couples |
Adoption | Adoption by single LGBT people recognized, but adoptions by same sex couples are banned [3] |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) people in Aceh face severe challenges and prejudices not experienced by non-LGBT residents. [4] [5] Since 2014, at least six men have been publicly caned for having gay sex, including two men who received 77 lashes in 2021. [6] [7]
The Qanun Law No.6 in 2014 does not explicitly prohibits crossdressing, even though Transgender women had been targeted by the police several times. One of the cases was an arrest of 12 transgender individuals in the North Aceh regency in 2018 under the command of Untung Sangaji. The transgender group were denuded and forced to be "dressed into men", while the salon where they worked were also closed. This action drew criticism from the National Human Rights Commission because it was considered degrading their human dignity and contrary to existing regulations. [8]