PADANG: An Indonesian city plans to slap its gay and transgendered residents with a one million rupiah (RM291) fine for disturbing “public order”, underscoring a marked rise in discrimination against the Muslim nation’s small LGBT community.
The country of 260 million is in the grips of a moral panic, with critics saying the vulnerable LGBT minority is being used as a political punching bag in the run-up to 2019 elections.
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