Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

For Indonesia's transgender community, faith can be a source of discrimination – but also tolerance and solace

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Sharyn Graham Davies, Director, Herb Feith Indonesian Engagement Centre, Monash University

Shinta Ratri, an Indonesian transgender woman, taught transgender people at the Al-Fatah Islamic boarding school she founded in 2008 that God didn’t care if you were gay or transgender.

Located in Yogyakarta, in southern Java, the school provided a safe space in a country where faith and transgender identities are often seen to be incompatible. Even though Indonesia transitioned to a secular democracy in 1998, all adults have to

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