US Funding Cuts Leave LGBTQ Indonesians with HIV More Vulnerable

“Doomed”: USAID cuts have devastated HIV programs in Indonesia

“If you are LGBT and living with HIV, it’s the end of the story," said one activist in the country.

US funding cuts leave LGBTQ Indonesians with HIV more vulnerable

A new Human Rights Watch report has found U.S. funding cuts have left LGBTQ Indonesians with HIV even more vulnerable.

Indonesia: US Aid Cuts Fuel HIV

Click to expand Image An activist attends a vigil to mark World Aids Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 1, 2021. © 2021 Afriadi Hikmal/NurPhoto via AP US foreign aid cuts in 2025 abruptly ended essential community-based HIV prevention and care for LGBT people in Indonesia, who already face discrimination and arbitrary arrest.Dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) eliminated services for people at greatest risk of HIV…

U.S. Aid Cuts Gut HIV Outreach for LGBT Indonesians, Human Rights Watch Says

Human Rights Watch says U.S. aid cuts ended USAID-funded HIV outreach for LGBT Indonesians, leaving community groups struggling to keep people in care.