The LGBT movement in Indonesia has experienced a government crackdown through arrests, discrimination, and violence, which has affected the community’s ability to access HIV and SRHR services. A study by the Ardhanary Institute in 2012 showed the LGBT people were concerned that the majority of the media’s coverage of LGBT issues was not factual. This was a serious problem, as the media was a major channel for normalising hatred toward LGBT people and providing a space for anti-LGBT figures – such as State officials, academics, religious leaders, public figures, and politicians – to voice their views. The media also tended not to check information with LGBT people or impartial academics or experts, leading to imbalanced news coverage which was also harmful to the LGBT community. The massive nonfactual coverage about LGBTIs strengthened negative public opinion about LGBT people.