Sharyn Graham Davies, Author at Asian Studies Association of Australia

Indonesian ‘tolerance’ under strain as anti-LGBT furore grows

21st March 2016 / By Sharyn Graham Davies / Gender and sexuality, Indonesia

Indonesia is experiencing an unprecedented wave of anti-LGBT sentiment If there was a single event that has incited the current wave of violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Indonesia we might settle upon a minister’s affront at LGBT becoming visible in solidarity. Having been advised of a university-based LGBT support group, …

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New book opens up conversations about sex and sexuality in Indonesia

6th October 2015 / By Sharyn Graham Davies / Gender and sexuality, Indonesia

A new prize-winning book that examines sex and sexualities in contemporary Indonesia was born out of a shared frustration, write the editors, LINDA RAE BENNETT and SHARYN GRAHAM DAVIES. Having been asked numerous times to deal with such diverse and complicated topics as ‘Islam and sexuality’, or ‘gender and sexuality in Indonesia’, or even ‘queer …

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Beautiful virgins: the hard road to becoming an Indonesian policewoman

21st April 2015 / By Sharyn Graham Davies / Gender and sexuality, Indonesia

Being pretty and having a good body are key recruitment attributes for policewomen in Indonesia, writes SHARYN GRAHAM DAVIES. Late in 2014, Al Jazeera ran a story entitled ‘Virginity tests on Indonesia police condemned: Rights group says female police required to strip and undergo “two-finger test” to prove virginity before recruitment.’ The story, based on …

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