not going into effect for 3 years and will probably be challenged in court but still :what-the-hell:
This kind of reactionary bullshit is the natural result of the CIA-backed genocide of 1 million Indonesians by Suharto in 1965
One day communism will return to the islands and the million murdered will be avenged
No doubt liberals will be appalled by this ruling while completely failing to consider how it came about because of the policies they support.
I've been to Java a few times. They seemed pretty chill about partying and hookups. They must be sad. (I swear to God I never hooked-up with a local there).
Classic CIA L about making a fake sex tape to dishonor Sukarno and cancelling it because just about every indonesian knew he loved nothing more than loose ladies.
Sukarno is unironically super sex positive, in his book Sarinah he talks about one of the aspect of gender backwardness in Indonesia is how it suppress both men and women's sexual desires with particular emphasis with how society punishes women much more harshly for trying to fulfill their natural desire (his words).
I read they commissioned Bing Crosby to direct it. Shit is wild
From what i've heard, Java historically recognized three genders and large parts of their clergy was made up of what we'd today call trans and nonbinary people. There where cultures on Kalimantan (Borneo) that recognized 5 genders. The Indonesian archipelago is a vast, culturally very diverse region, but it is getting more and more under the influence of religious fundies, especially in Aceh province where there's been busts against gay parties and also unmarried straight couples for years. It's gotten to the point where gay and lesbian people are publically whipped, and the government tries to instrumentalize such reactionary sentiments in very much the same way as the GOP does in the US. I hear there's still a lot of pushback, but things are worsening rather than improving.
I find this message pretty hurtful tbh
Edited from my slightly snarky message
It's even worse because the anti adultery and anti contraception/sex ed (it would make it illegal to show kids contraceptive devices - as in making sex ed illegal) laws are just smokescreens to cover the laws expanding anti demonstration and anti communist laws, in particular the latter expands it to include anyone remotely even against the state's ideology in any way.
In Utopia, sex outside marriage is forgiveable, but only once. The second time it's a mandatory death sentence.
(I mean OG Utopia: Thomas More's Utopia)
I read this as Utah and assumed it still checked out because Mormons
