Landed in Jakarta in the evening and was picked up by Joe, a Christian lesbian who has finished her B.A. and wants to study theology, but has been turned down by Christian denominations she has approached because she is a lesbian. This was an eye opener on my first night there. From this I immediately understood that my presence there as an out lesbian Roman Catholic priest had special interest and significance.
I was hungry and so Joe took me to a 24 hour place, alive with young people. We were soon joined by nearly 20 young lesbians of a Jakarta organization called IPP. (see pic) Joe’s story was paralleled by others who said it was very difficult to be “out” and thus most weren’t.
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