- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- Unknown
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Aceh is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Since Oct 23, 2015
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Same-sex activity, along with adultery, is punishable by up to 100 lashes or 8 years in prison. Sharia law is enforced.
Same-sex marriage in Aceh is banned.
Current status
Banned under federal Indonesia law
There is no legal recognition of same-sex unions in Indonesia. Article 1 of the Law No. 1 of the Year 1974 on Marriage states unequivocally that marriage is "a physical and spiritual bond between a man and a woman as husband and wife, having the purpose of establishing a happy and lasting family founded on the Belief in God Almighty".[1] Moreover, Article 2 states that a marriage is only lawful if it is in accordance with the laws of the religions of the respective parties. Meanwhile, Indonesians who have entered into same-sex marriage abroad are not allowed to register their marriage in Indonesia due to Article 1 of the Marriage Act.[2] Additionally, Article 34(1) of the Law No. 23 of the Year 2006 on Civil Administration obliges all marriages to be reported to the local authorities within 60 days after marriage, and the explanation of Article 34(1) states that "marriage" can only be performed by a man and a woman
Current status
Banned
Since Homosexuality is illegal in this region same-sex marriage is automatically banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Aceh is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Right to change legal gender in Aceh is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Aceh is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT employment discrimination in Aceh is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Aceh is no protections.
Current status
No protections under federal Indonesia law
There are no known protections.
The country in general is very hostile with LGBT community.
The country in general is very hostile with LGBT community.
Serving openly in military in Aceh is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous under federal Indonesia law
Under the ST/398/2009 telegram letter of the Indonesian Military, it is illegal for gays and lesbians to have same-sex acts with the same gender. The Indonesian Military aggressively hunts, cracks down, imprison, and dishonorably discharges LGBTQIA+ identifying members of the Indonesian Military. Numerous people inside the Military were imprisoned if vigilantes caught Military members having private, consensual, gay sex.
The former Commander of the National Armed Forces of Indonesia, Andika Perkasa stated there are no laws banning LGBT people to serve in Indonesian Military. However, he realized that the Indonesian military doesn’t allow “indecent sexual acts” to happen in the military. LGBT people can serve only if they were to abstain from having intercourse with the same-sex.
The former Commander of the National Armed Forces of Indonesia, Andika Perkasa stated there are no laws banning LGBT people to serve in Indonesian Military. However, he realized that the Indonesian military doesn’t allow “indecent sexual acts” to happen in the military. LGBT people can serve only if they were to abstain from having intercourse with the same-sex.