Rizky Rahad

The nation of Timor-Leste is predominantly Roman Catholic. Yet it’s leading a fight for LGBTQ rights in a part of the world where such rights are increasingly under attack.

We talk to a woman about why she is holding tight to a culture that places a high price on the heads of young brides.

A local marriage tradition in the island of Timor helped these women escape becoming comfort women during Japanese occupation.

The boys of Sumedang live like a king for one day—the day of their circumcision.

We talked to the director of the first 'Satay Western' film in the world.

The critically-acclaimed filmmaker looks back at the golden era of Indonesian movies.

VICE News traveled to Serang, Banten and speaks with the family of one of the two accused attackers.

Authorities in the far western tip of Indonesia caned two men for gay sex—a first under Aceh's Sharia law.

Meet Arie Seminaryati is a mother of two, grandmother of one, and a jamu queen.

In the hills of South Sulawesi live an ancient band of Bissu, trans people who serve as high priests for the local Bugis community. We spent a week with what might be the last generation of trans nobility in Indonesia.