Indonesian Start-Up “Go-Jek” Faces Backlash for Pro-LGBT+ Comments

Indonesian tech start-up “Go-Jek” has come under fire after promoting National Coming Out Day, reports the Jakarta Post.

The ride-sharing and delivery app posted on Facebook that they are “taking the diversity & inclusion matter to the next level by the adoption of a non-discrimination policy toward the underrepresented minority group.”

The post was written by the company’s Vice President of Operations and Business Development, Brata Santoso. “By doing this also, we hope to build a more inclusive community,” he said.

“[We hope that it will] not only will go above and beyond to bridge differences but also embrace differences of any kind, be it gender race, religion, age, ancestry nationality sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by law.”

Just a day after the post the hashtag #UninstallGojekwent viral, with people sharing screenshots of them deleting the app.

Go-Jek has since claimed that the original post doesn’t represent the company, instead it is “a personal opinion and interpretation of one of Go-Jek’s employees about an internal event with the theme of diversity.”

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