Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 09:42:33 +0700
From: Dede Oetomo <doetomo@server.indo.net.id>
Subject: News from Indonesia - #5/1996

Internal Bulletin
Issue #5  1996
Indonesian Lesbian and Gay Network
Published by: GAYa NUSANTARA


NETWORK-RELATED NEWS

1. BIGS (the Batam Island Gay Society) is for all intents and purposes
disbanded. Another group has formed in the meantime, i.e. BAGASY (Batam Gay
Society) with the address: P.O. Box 212, BATAM CENTRE 29400.

2. The [Christian] League for Peaceful Life of Surabaya has planned a
worship service on the March 22 and the April 12 1996, to take place at 7:00
p.m. Western Indonesian Time (GMT +7).

3. The Waria Association (Hiwaria) of Bali has formed with Susan Tolani as
Director.

4. The Gaya Nusantara meeting held on the first Sunday of each month has
been discontinued, and a substitute face-to-face meeting with our comrades
will occur every Monday and Friday from 3 to 9 p.m. Western Indonesian Time.

5. Ketut Yasa (of Gaya Dewata), who at KLGI (Indonesian Lesbian and Gay
Congress) II (Bandung - 95) was selected as Steering Committee Chair for the
upcoming KLGI III (Bali - 97), has transferred his duties to Didi Soedjono
(of Gaya Nusantara) to gather members for the Steering Committee of KLGI III. 

6. Information about gathering places:
	YOGYAKARTA:
	- Cafe Excelso, Malioboro Mall.
	- Borobudur Bar.
	- Diskotik Basement, Hotel Mutiara.
	SURABAYA:
	- Atum Discotik, every Friday night.
	SIDOARJO:
	- Larangan Market.
	- GOR Swimming pool, every Sunday morning and afternoon.
	PASURUAN:
	- Makam Gunung Gangsir, Bangil, every eve of Friday Legi, transgenders.

7. We have obtained news that Chris Green is no longer associated with the
Pelita Ilmu Foundation, and is now associated with the Mitra Indonesia
Foundation.


HEALTH

1. Dede Oetomo (Gaya Nusantara) has made a presentation on "Youth and AIDS"
as part of the "Festival of Youth" program undertaken jointly by AN-TV, HAI
Magazine, and radio Casanova 
Denpasar.

2. Dede Oetomo (Gaya Nusantara) has been asked to serve as a consultant by
the Abdi Asih Foundation of Surabaya in their "Vaginal Douching" project.


PUBLIC RELATIONS

1. Several students in the anthropology program at Airlangga University are
conducting a thesis study of "camp" at Calfor (a gay meeting and cruising
area in Surabaya).

2. SCTV has contacted Gaya Nusantara and is interested in creating a
television report on lesbians.
	
3. Dede Oetomo of Gaya Nusantara has received an invitation from the Islamic
University Students' Association of Indonesia--Malang for a seminar on
"Campuses, Students, and Prostitution."

4. Matra Magazine, in their April 1996 edition (no. 117), interviewed Dede
Oetomo about lesbian issues in an article named "Problems of the Upper
Class" (pages 68-69). 


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