LGBT Rights in Bali
Province

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    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
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    Unknown
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History

Homosexual activity in Bali

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Homosexual activity in Bali is legal.

Current status
Legal
Most regions of Indonesia do not criminalise homosexuality.
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Same-sex marriage in Bali

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Same-sex marriage in Bali 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
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Bali

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Right to change legal gender in Bali

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Right to change legal gender in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Gender-affirming care in Bali

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Gender-affirming care in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bali

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Bali

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LGBT discrimination in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in Bali

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LGBT employment discrimination in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Bali

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LGBT housing discrimination in Bali 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.

Same-sex adoption in Bali

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Same-sex adoption in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Bali

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Intersex infant surgery in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Bali

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Serving openly in military in Bali 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.

Blood donations by MSMs in Bali

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Blood donations by MSMs in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Bali

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Conversion therapy in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Bali

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Equal age of consent in Bali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown