Indonesia just banned ‘effeminate’ men and men dressing in women’s clothing on TV, so we’re guessing that pretty much kills any chance of RuPaul’s Drag Race being syndicated in the Muslim-majority country.
We guess Ru’s just gonna grab those checks elsewhere.
A directive from the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) was issued after receiving complaints from viewers, and it bans:
- Men wearing feminine fashion
- Men wearing feminine make-up
- Feminine body language exhibited by men, including, but not limited to, walking style, sitting style, hand gestures and other behaviors
- Men speaking in a feminine way
- Depicting justifications or promoting that men can behave effeminately
- Depicting a man greeting another man in ways that are supposed to be for women
- Depicting terminologies and colloquial terms that are often used by effeminate males.
On its website, KPI said:
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“KPI assess these things are not in accordance with the respect for the norms of decency and morality in society and the protection of children and adolescents.
Airing this content thus can encourage children to learn and/or justify inappropriate behavior such as common in everyday life.”
The move is the latest in an uptick of antigay behavior in the country.
Gaystarnews reports that their largest Islamic group wants to criminalize gay sex and LGBT activism, and their defense minister said the movement was more dangerous than nuclear warfare.
We don’t know about all that, but it looks like TV just got a lot more boring in Indonesia. It’s their loss, but perhaps the gays in those parts can just stream all the LGBT content they need online. However, they may want to watch their backs.
This step is probably the first of many more troubling actions to come.
Stache
I get the makeup and fashion but the rest I’d be clueless since Indonesians all look kind of feminine to me.
Dave Basora
Sounds like there’s gonna be a lot of dead air in Indonesia
Hussain-TheCanadian
This is outrageous – Are you telling me the Indonesian state has nothing better to do than regulate gender behavior?
All you have to do is google “Indonesia scandals” and the scope of government corruption becomes clear and evident; even North Korea calls itself “The democratic people’s Republic” – hollow words and empty minds.
David Wickham
Dennis Pamungkas
Victor Barry
Yeah, good luck finding a masculine Indonesian guy.
Alistair Wiseman
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
Why are you so upset? These are your people.
Actually, as “Queerty’s Unofficial Muslim Apologist” I’m glad you spoke out against it – for a change.
John Kuehnle
I guess they don’t get Logo there.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Alistair Wiseman: Are you saying every Republican douche Caucasian Christian is “your people” too?
No wonder you’re a Republican Alistair, not alot of thinking involved.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Alistair Wiseman: Also……What do you mean I “spoke against it for a change”?
Alistair you need to lay off the heroin for Gods-sakes; you’re being delusional again.
Brian
There’s nothing wrong with drag queens and effeminate men per se but I hate it when they claim to be representatives of male homosexuality. To be representative of male homosexuality, you need to be proud of being a male and having masculine qualities, including a penis.
Paco
So no more Indonesian men on their televisions?
Bobby Chandler
Is there masculine men there?
Brandon Mikael Chanon
Indonesia men are some of the most effeminate men I have met its funny to me
Bob LaBlah
I wonder how they feel about old clips on television of a native son of Indonesia? After all, he is on stage in bikinis (regardless of what they say).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB40qHOWpq4
Andreia Willis
Are we next? Please bring black #straightblackboys
darkanser
Reading this article, I remembered seeing a public television documentary about the Waria of Indonesia sometimes in 2014-2015.I had the impression from that documentary that there was a transgender element of traditional Indonesian culture that was tolerated. Doing a little research, I gather there’s a mounting intolerance in Indonesia probably inspired by the rise of ISIS that they need to watch in Indonesia.
William Meyer
Well, Mr Fame is safe.
Claude Mallinger
Good!
Mel Smith
What! Where they do that at….smh
Alexander Johnson
That’s really strange seeing how their culture recognizes 5 genders
Nancy Soon
You mean 5 religions? ( actually technically 6)
Alexander Johnson
No… They have 5 genders. Well technically it’s only on one island but still it’s odd. On the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia there are five genders recognized within the Bugis society. While the majority of people fall under the traditional genders of male and female, there are also calalai which translates to â??false manâ?, calabai which translates to â??false womanâ? and the bissu
rextrek
…and the next time they have an earthquake and tiDalwave – don’t come crying to the west for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ – pRAy FOR IT!
Kevin Wotipka
I’d like to know how they decided where the dividing line between effeminate and non-effeminate is.
Dave Downunder
There is a lot of talk about effeminate men in their regulation but what about masculine women. Are they going to ban Ellen or Jane Lynch for example.
Ammon K Swofford
Shame Shame Shame!