Across vast Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized; Indonesia confirms its place in group

Activists protest in front of the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Indonesia's Parliament passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code Tuesday that criminalizes extramarital sex for citizens and visiting foreigners alike. - AP

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec 6 (AP): On the outskirts of Yogyakarta is a small boarding school with a mission that seems out of place in Indonesia, a nation with more Muslim citizens than any other. Its students are transgender women.

It is a rare oasis of LGBTQ acceptance across the far-flung Muslim world.