- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- Unknown
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- 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
Since Homosexuality is illegal in this region same-sex marriage is automatically banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Aceh is state-enforced.
Current status
Since Nov 26, 2008
State-enforced under federal Indonesia law
Since 2008, Indonesia regularly censors LGBTIQ+ content. Laws against pornography prohibit content relating to "deviant intercourse", which has been interpreted to include homosexuality, even when there is no explicit imagery involved.
Some popular LGBT Websites have also been banned. Nevertheless, LGBT movies are most times free to be broadcasted in Indonesian cinemas.
Some popular LGBT Websites have also been banned. Nevertheless, LGBT movies are most times free to be broadcasted in Indonesian cinemas.
Right to change legal gender in Aceh is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Gender-affirming care in Aceh is restricted.
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.
Same-sex adoption in Aceh is single only.
Current status
Since Oct 2, 2007
Single only under federal Indonesia law
According to Government Regulation Number 54 of 2007 concerning the Implementation of Child Adoption, Article 16 stipulates as folllows:
(1) Adoption of children by single parents can only be carried out by Indonesian citizens after obtaining permission from the Minister.
The granting of permits as intended in paragraph (1) can be delegated to the head of a social agency in the province.
Under this technicality, a LGBT prospective parent may be able to adopt while single, no known case has been documented of minister approval.
(1) Adoption of children by single parents can only be carried out by Indonesian citizens after obtaining permission from the Minister.
The granting of permits as intended in paragraph (1) can be delegated to the head of a social agency in the province.
Under this technicality, a LGBT prospective parent may be able to adopt while single, no known case has been documented of minister approval.
Intersex infant surgery in Aceh is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal Indonesia law
Surgery on intersex infants is legal in Indonesia but not reported to be practiced.
Serving openly in military in Aceh is illegal.
Current status
Illegal under federal Indonesia law
According to ILGA "In 2021, the Supreme Court affirmed that it was legal for police forces to dismiss gay staff after an officer was fired for his "sexual orientation" by the Central Java Police in 2018 and attempted to appeal. Further, armed forces personnel are subject to dismissal or jail if found guilty of same-sex conduct per TNI telegrams ST/398/2009 and ST/1648/2019, which have been applied in numerous reported military court cases."
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.
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.
Blood donations by MSMs in Aceh is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral) under federal Indonesia law
The Indonesian Red Cross said that LGBTQIA+ identifying people are not recommended to donate blood because of their "risky sexual activities" including anal sex that can get them infected with HIV.