Proposed Indonesian Bill Wants To Force LGBT+ People To Go To Rehabilitation Centres

A proposed bill in Indonesia, called the Family Resilience bill, wants to force LGBT+ people to go to rehabilitation centers for ‘treatment’ and ban surrogacy.

The bill suggests that LGBT+ people suffer from ‘sexual deviation’ and need to be treated.

Part of the draft bill reads: “Families experiencing crises due to sexual deviation are required to report their members to agencies handling family resilience or rehabilitation institutions to undergo treatment.”

Sodik Mujahid, a lawmaker from the Gerindra Party, who supports the bill said: “Let’s look at it more fundamentally. The practice of homosexuality for example – does it not disrupt the future of mankind on a family basis?”

As ‘Gay Times’ report, “The bill has been put down as a legislative priority for the parliament sitting from 2020-2024, although it has not yet been discussed with government ministries.”

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