LGBTQ rights in Aceh | |
|---|---|
 Aceh | |
| Status | Illegal[1] |
| Penalty | 100 strokes of the cane or 8 years imprisonment |
| Gender identity | Since 2009, only Indonesians who have undergone gender re-assignment surgery have been allowed to change their gender on identity documents, and a third gender option is not recognized[2] |
| Military | No |
| Family rights | |
| Recognition of relationships | No recognition of same-sex couples |
| Adoption | Adoption by single LGBT people recognized, but adoptions by same sex couples are banned[3] |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Aceh face severe challenges and prejudices not experienced by non-LGBT residents.[4][5] Since 2014, at least six men have been publicly caned for having gay sex, including two men who received 77 lashes in 2021.[6][7]
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- ^ "Indonesian Mullahs Says Sex Change is Haram". The Jakarta Globe. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "LGBT Rights in Indonesia". Equaldex. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Human Rights Watch Complaint on the Rights of LGBT people in Indonesia's Aceh Province". Human Rights Watch. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "No place to hide for LGBT people in Indonesia's Aceh province". BBC News. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "LGBT rights: Indonesia's Aceh flogs two men for having sex". BBC News. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Indonesia's Aceh province publicly canes two gay men". Reuters. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.