LGBT Rights in Gorontalo
Province

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History

Homosexual activity in Gorontalo

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Homosexual activity in Gorontalo is legal.

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

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Same-sex marriage in Gorontalo is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Gorontalo

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Gorontalo 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.

Right to change legal gender in Gorontalo

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Right to change legal gender in Gorontalo is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Gender-affirming care in Gorontalo

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Gender-affirming care in Gorontalo is restricted.

Current status
Since Aug 2023
Restricted under federal Indonesia law
In August 2023, Indonesia passed Undang-Undang Kesehatan Number 17, a new health law that includes passages that restrict plastic and reconstructive surgery related to changing appearances, including sex reassignment surgery.
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1973–Aug 2023
Legal under federal Indonesia law
In 1973, the first sex reassignment surgery was performed in Indonesia. Since then, surgery and hormones have been offered in Indonesia but are not often advertised and social stigma inhibits this in practice.

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Gorontalo

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

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Gorontalo

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LGBT discrimination in Gorontalo is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in Gorontalo

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LGBT employment discrimination in Gorontalo is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Gorontalo

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LGBT housing discrimination in Gorontalo 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 Gorontalo

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Same-sex adoption in Gorontalo 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.

Intersex infant surgery in Gorontalo

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Intersex infant surgery in Gorontalo 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.
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Serving openly in military in Gorontalo

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Serving openly in military in Gorontalo 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 Gorontalo

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Blood donations by MSMs in Gorontalo 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.
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Conversion therapy in Gorontalo

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Conversion therapy in Gorontalo is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Gorontalo

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Equal age of consent in Gorontalo is unknown.

Current status
Unknown