| dc.description.abstract | Indonesia's official motto Bhineka Tunggal Ika refers to the diversities within the country that ultimately build a sense of unity among its people. This motto has been used to conceptualize Indonesian national identity as it was built on multicultural society. Therefore, Bhineka Tunggal Ika represents political as well as social aspiration and principle. The diversity that is reflected in Bhineka Tunggal Ika has been so far defined -if not limited to- the diversity of local cultures, local languages, race and ethnicity as well as religions and beliefs. However, the complexity of the Indonesian society is now growing along with the global development. Various new social issues emerge which may bring additional potential tensions and conflicts within the society. One of those social issues is the issue of sexuality and genders particularly the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) group. Within the term of heteronormative doctrine, LGBT group is the minority group who is often facing violence and discrimination politically and socially. Such phenomenon is in contradiction with the democratic system implemented by Indonesia as within this system all citizens regardless differences they may have must be treated equally. Therefore, in this research we want to analyze the recent understanding of Bhineka Tunggal Ika which may need to be re-examined to include more diversity of social issues including LGBT. The research method we used was focus group discussion (FGD). We interviewed 11 young adults consisted of 7 LGBT activists and 4 non-LGBT people. We use qualitative descriptive to processing the data we collected from the FGD. A comparative study of data collected from LGBT activist and non-LGBT people was performed to examine how they understand Bhineka Tunggal Ika particularly in responding LGBT as current social issue in Indonesia. The results of this research will be used to analyze how far the understanding of Bhineka Tunggal Ika accommodates diversity beyond cultures, languages, ethnicity, religions and beliefs. | en_US |
