The social politics of LGBTQ: a critical systemic review
Riswanda, Rahmawati
Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University
Abstract
This paper aims at providing insights into the complex issue of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) in Indonesia. Whilst the issue is likely seen as -health alert, moral panic or political correction- (Riswanda 2019) in the country, the paper is making the case that the -family resilience- concept (BKKBN 2016) could readdress the issue by a greater understanding of its four pillars namely -spirituality-, -welfare-, -secure- and -justice-. The policy research favours an in-depth exploratory study where researchers put themselves in the shoes of people having real-life experiences in the issue of LGBTQ in as many aspects as possible and in varied policy-making roles. Blending in approach is taken to get interconnected insights of the narrative of people with different backgrounds and thus differing understandings of the issue. The paper argues for multi-variant perspective in responding to the human development policy goals, taking into accounts all stakeholders related to the policy from both government and non-government sectors. The research contributes to an intellectual discourse on LGBTQ so as to have proper insights that could draw out social and political themes from considering the receiving ends of the Indonesian policy options of the issue namely LGBTQ communities and potentially members of families exposed to the issue. This study suggest that law-making on LGBT should start with proper research-based data grounded on participatory action research including those who are often socially excluded from policy-making cycles. The option needs to engage and not to exclude those at social exclusion mentioned formerly, with which is the opponent of and or basically a critique to policy decision based on merely following popular decision. The social politics of LGBTQ is systemic calling for -family resilience- developed by community engagements.
Keywords: social, Politics, Policy, LGBTQ, Resilience, Family
Topic: Education and Social Change