FILE PHOTO: A view of Indonesia's Parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 23, 2017. Picture taken November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Politicians from four Indonesian parties are backing a so-called "Family Resilience" bill that would outlaw surrogacy and require LGBT people to seek treatment at rehabilitation centres, prompting outrage on social media and criticism from activists.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, is seeing a shift towards greater conservativism including growing state and public hostility against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
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