I was born and raised in the capital, Jakarta on Java Island. I love your naturalness and above all the fun pictures. With travel insurance, you can have peace of mind and not worry. Thanks Alyssa Reply. Homosexuality is perceived as a sin and a huge taboo — like an illness. Some of my friend is liberal and non muslim so it not much of shock that they pretty open minded. We are very friendly and love showing off our country to foreigners. Growing up gay in Indonesia is challenging. Sometime is kinda sadden me when people including on LGBT community on western country try to generalize all muslim as homophobic and vile.

A lot of my friends would also go to well-known cruising grounds in certain public parks in the evening when it was dark. There sure are! Reading comment like on article pink tide that you link in always remind me of my friend from high school and how despite their religion and my sexuality, we can still being on good term with each other, and in fact i can call them as some of my closest friend i ever had on my life until know. If you're heading to other parts of Indonesia, I strongly advise using Grindr to connect with locals to find out what and where the latest hangouts are.

In the big cities like Jakarta, and in Bali, this is one of the best ways to meet with Indonesian local guys. More young people is becoming more acceptance on us and raising rainbow flag on demonstration like in Jakarta is not much problem anymore. In addition, if these do take place, there is little police protection available to protect us from the anti-LGBTQ gangs who often make trouble at such events. I was born and raised in the capital, Jakarta on Java Island. Happy travels are safe travels We recommend you always take out travel insurance before your next vacation. Living here and interact with people that inherently different with me has made myself realizing this. Some of my friend is liberal and non muslim so it not much of shock that they pretty open minded. Intinya kenalan dulu Av really? And seriously, how cool is it to have a secret language?!

Thanks so much for sharing. Really insightful interview, thankyou for sharing guys. Lol Love you guys. Tanpa paksaan. However, I've asked that you keep this interview anonymous because there is a lot of stigma about homosexuality across Indonesian society that could compromise my job and career.

Ha ha ha — right? Joko stays firmly in the closet at work only coming out to close friends he trusts! I am a mother of a gay teenage boy who is interested in going and spending time in Indonesia after he finishes high school he wants to volunteer for an Indonesian animal rescue charity. Tanpa ngondek sedikit pun. The best way is via social media, specifically the gay dating apps. Great write up! What is funny is that they even have their own language. Now off you go you two cheeky cucoks and enjoy plenty of meong! I am not out to my family and I'm only out to a handful of my close friends who I trust.

• Wow a special language?
• But at the time I was too young to be able to define myself.
• In the big cities like Jakarta, and in Bali, this is one of the best ways to meet with Indonesian local guys.
• Thanks for sharing these this article!
• I am still a big believer that when I go somewhere new that I am in THEIR country and have to respect their culture and that is part of traveling- encountering vastly different cultures than what we are used to.
• Such an interesting story, I enjoy these interviews you two do.
• Katie Reply.

It looks like a pretty liberal country. Segala sesuatu tidak ada yg instan. In this interview about gay life in Indonesia, he tells us more about what it was like for him growing up and the gay scene of Bali. Therefore, we started seeing more and more queer safe spaces opening up, especially in Jakarta, which is where I would go to meet other guys. Follow our adventures by email. I enjoy these interviews. Thanks for stopping by Jenna. My partner and I have traveled the world, including countries that are not gay friendly.

A rather extreme reaction by some of our friends when we told them we're going to Indonesia, but one we understand. With travel insurance, you can have peace of mind and not worry. Thanks guys. Hopefully, things will improve soon. Brondong means twinkies, generally speaking they are boys under In addition, as Bali is one of the most visited places in the whole country, it has a large tourist industry with people from all over the world living and working.