Why Pride Isn’t Everything
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In caring more about Pride than about overall human rights, we show the world that superficial markers of progress are enough.
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In caring more about Pride than about overall human rights, we show the world that superficial markers of progress are enough.
Criminalizing consenting adults in same sex relationships is not only a betrayal of Indonesians who are LGBT, but also a betrayal of all Indonesians who thought they were living in a tolerant country.
A space built to advocate for the plurality of women’s rights is instead becoming increasingly hostile and unsafe for people whose identities and principles do not align with an extremist, Judeo-Christian, heteronormative framework.