The transgender Indonesian Muslims trying to secure their future

Trisha Husada, Silvano Hajid Maulana

BBC

Mount Semeru / Mount Bromo, Indonesia

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lead story - Empty salons: Indonesia’s transgender women count cost of COVID

Aisyah Llewellyn

Aljazeerah

Medan, Indonesia

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Indonesia - Meet Hendrika Kelan: Indonesia’s First Ever Transgender Public Officer

Jamie
worldofbuzz.com

Indonesia

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lead story - Indonesia Police Will Not Bring Murder Charges in Case of Transgender Woman Burned to Death

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US News & World Report

Jakarta, Indonesia

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Indonesia - Vigilante Raid on Indonesian HIV Group

Kyle Knight
Human Rights Watch

Pekanbaru, Indonesia

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Indonesia - Indonesian police stop an LGBTI pageant from happening in Bali

Shannon Power
Gay Star News

Bali, Indonesia

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Indonesia - Indonesia’s LGBT crackdown

Febriana Firdaus
The Interpreter

Puncak Jaya, Indonesia

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Indonesia - ‘Dark forces’ of intolerance spreading in Indonesia, say parliamentarians

Max Walden
Asian Correspondent

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Indonesia - Indonesia is rounding up transgender women and sending them to rehab

Josh Jackman
PinkNews

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Indonesia: Transgender women in Aceh detained by police

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BBC News

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Indonesia’s Only Transgender Islamic School Quietly Running Again

Krithika Varagur
VOA

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Transgender Muslims in fear after school shutdown

Bambang Muryanto
Jakarta Post

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Hard-liners inspect transgender Islamic school in Indonesia (Singapore)

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asiaone

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Indonesia’s transgender madrasa (UK)

Jonathan Miller
4 News

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Changing perceptions through social media (Thailand)

Corry Elyda
The Nation (Thailand)

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Transgender Muslims Find a Home for Prayer in Indonesia

Jon Emont
The New York Times

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A transgender woman in Aceh, Indonesia ducks under the cover of a headscarf

Ruth Morris
PRI

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Dispatches: The Courage to Combat Indonesia’s Homophobia

Kyle Knight
Human Rights Watch

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Sex work and violence (India)

Sohaila Abdulali
Live Mint

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Women build home for Indonesia’s aging transgender community - Rebecca Henschke - http://fsrn.org

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