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Bali tourism bosses in damage control over Indonesia sex ban
Bali tourism authorities have played down fears around the impacts on foreign travellers of Indonesia’s contentious Criminal Code outlawing sex outside marriage. Under the new laws Indonesia passed last week, people having sex or even living together outside of marriage risk prison time or fines if reported by certain family members. Taking effect in three …
Australia’s DFAT weighs in on Indonesia’s shocking sex ban
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has issued an update on Indonesia’s shocking new laws banning sex outside of marriage, amid concern for gay tourists to Bali. The Indonesian Parliament this week passed sweeping changes to the country’s Criminal Code. The most high-profile is a ban on sex outside of marriage, punishable with a …
New Indonesian sex law a threat to Bali tourists
Indonesia is expected to pass a strict new criminal code during the next two weeks. The code includes a jail sentence of up to a year for sex outside of marriage, presenting a clear threat to tourists holidaying in Bali. The new law will apply to both Indonesians and visitors. Homosexuality is currently only illegal …
Bali police deny responsibility in death of Rodrigo Ventosilla
Bali police have denied responsibility for the death of Harvard University student and Peruvian trans activist Rodrigo Ventosilla in police custody. Rodrigo Ventosilla and his husband Sebastián Marallano travelled to Bali for their honeymoon. Customs police detained him on arrival after finding cannabis-derived products in his luggage. Two days later, Rodrigo was rushed to a …
Police reveal cause of Ryan Channing’s sudden death in Bali
Police in Indonesia have confirmed what caused the death of Australian businessman and model Ryan Channing in Bali earlier this month. Channing, who previously dated Ian Thorpe, went to hospital on May 6 after he fainted in a Bali villa. Two days later, he died in BIMC Hospital in Kuta. Channing was 32. Indonesian police …
Ian Thorpe’s former partner Ryan Channing dies in Bali
Skincare entrepreneur and former partner of Ian Thorpe, Ryan Channing died this week in Bali after recently suffering from health issues. Ryan Channing had been holidaying in Bali’s Seminyak area and died after being taken to the BIMC Hospital on May 8. A former model and law student, Ryan Channing started dating Ian Thorpe in …
Lesbian couple deported after calling Bali ‘LGBT haven’
A lesbian social media influencer who promoted Bali as “queer-friendly” and an “LGBT haven” during the pandemic is facing deportation from Indonesia. In a series of tweets, American Kristen Gray described how she and her girlfriend, Saundra Alexander, were enjoying the island after arriving early last year. “This island has been amazing because of our …
Authorities target Bali villas for ‘catering to gay community’
At least four villas in Bali are reportedly under investigation by disapproving Indonesian authorities for allegedly “marketing themselves specifically for the gay community”. Indonesian outlet Coconuts reported authorities were looking into one villa at the Seminyak Beach Resort. The villa marketed itself on Facebook as “Angelo Bali Gay Guesthouse” and attracted local attention for appearing …
Don’t stop coming to Bali, hotel bosses plead
Bali tourism officials have urged tourists to continue their Indonesian travel plans after global outrage at proposed sex laws. The “draconian” new laws would, among many other things, ban consensual sex outside of marriage in Indonesia, and as a result criminalise all homosexual sex. The proposals were unveiled last week but after global outrage President …
