Johannes Nugroho

Writer
Born and raised in Suharto's Indonesia, Johannes Nugroho first experienced the outside world when he spent six years studying in Melbourne, Australia. Although majoring in international business studies, he found writing and literature to be his greatest passion. He is currently working on what he hopes will be his first novel, set in 1998 Indonesia, when President Suharto's 32-year rule came to an abrupt end amid chaos and riots.
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The Hidden Histories of Homosexuality in Asia

Despite the commonplace homophobia in Asian societies today, no nation can deny a presence of LGBT practices in its history. A few years ago, most Indonesians probably didn’t know what the acronym LGBT—lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender—stood for. And yet for the past few months, it has become one of the most debated topics in the country. Predictably, for a nation that fancies... Continue Reading

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