Timely reminder: A file photo of an Indonesian student holding a red ribbon at an awareness event on World AIDS Day in Medan, North Sumatra. A 2018 United Nations report found that 25.8% of Indonesian men who have sex with men had HIV, up from 8.5% in 2011. — AFP
JAKARTA: Ahead of World AIDS day, Indonesian LGBT+ rights activists warn that escalating “moral panic” is discouraging vulnerable populations from accessing HIV prevention and treatment.
For HIV-positive activist Acep Gates, the increasing discrimination in his hometown, Cianjur in West Java, has forced him to go to Jakarta each month to get treatment.
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