Indonesia's LGBT community fears an impending ban on gay sex that could criminalize their sexuality and lifestyle. The new law would impact the lives of LGBT community members in Jakarta, Indonesia by potentially making their sexual orientation illegal and subjecting them to hatred and persecution by society and the government. If passed, the ban would dictate people's private lives and sexuality against their will.

1. Current Events Project Script
Indonesia’s LGBT Community is in Fear as gay sex ban looms.
Important Elements of the Story LGBT Community Members lives are at risk. They are
being hated for being gay and different from what society and the government wants.
● Who? LGBT Community Members.
● What? Homosexuality potentially becoming a crime in Indonesia.
● When? February 25, 2018
● Where? Jakarta, Indonesia.
● Why is this event important to the people of SEA? Their lives and sexuality could be at
risk.
● How does this event impact the people of SEA, or the world? People’s lives and sexuality
would be being dictated and controlled by government officials when it’s none of their
business.
How would it make you feel to know you couldn’t express your sexuality without being hated
against and/or being convicted as a criminal?