Chat show in Indonesia receives sanction just for talking about trans people

A television chat show in Indonesia has received an official sanction just for mentioning trans people on air. The show, Brownis Tonight, addressed a rumour that one of its guests, singer Lucita Lucinta, was trans. The singer denied the claims.

The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) said in a statement that just that action was violating “the provisions on respect for privacy rights, child protection, and protection to persons with a particular gender identity.”

Hardly Stefano, the KPI central commissioner, said they had received numerous complaints about the episode and that broadcasters knew “to not give LGBT promotion space through any broadcast program.”

“The rules are clear,” he continued, “both about respect for moral values and norms and decency, or on the protection of children and adolescents that prohibit the presence of content that encourages children and adolescents from learning about inappropriate behaviour and/or justifying such behaviour.

“Based on these violations, the Central KPI provides administrative sanctions in the form of a written warning.”

While homosexuality and transgenderism are not illegal in Indonesia the subject is considered taboo. In 2016, the KPI introduced a ban on “effeminate men” from being on TV, and a draft bill that would ban any “LGBT behaviour” on TV is currently in the Indonesian Parliament.

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