MANILA, Philippines — A regional human rights organization has expressed grave concern over Indonesia’s classification of the alleged “dissemination of LGBTQ culture” as a “non-military threat,” saying the move could legitimize discrimination and state repression against LGBTQ people. The Asean SOGIE Caucus, in a statement issued Wednesday, July 22, questioned the basis of the Indonesian government, particularly President Prabowo Subianto, in classifying the alleged “dissemination of LGBTQ culture” as a threat to “national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national security.” The organization asked what legal, empirical or national security evidence supported the inclusion of the alleged “dissemination of LGBTQ culture” as […]...Keep on reading: Asean group condemns Indonesia’s LGBT security threat label