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Indonesiaโ€™s anti-LGBT education push raises concerns about stigmatising youth

Indonesiaโ€™s Ministry of Religious Affairs is drafting educational material aimed at discouraging what officials call the spread of โ€œLGBT cultureโ€, after a presidential regulation listed the issue among the countryโ€™s non-military security threats. Officials said the content, which was still under discussion, could be included in religious education in regular and Islamic schools, as well as Friday prayer sermons, family development programmes and other religious events. The government has said...