Yifos Indonesia

Youth Interfaith Forum on Sexuality is a forum consists of interfaith young people. It established in a meeting at Buddhism School of Syailendra, Kopeng Salatiga on March 7th 2010 as a medium to build discourse and action related to faith and sexuality through critical dialogues, reflections, contesting the religious scriptures due to human sexuality, and also involvement in conducting certain actions or initiatives with other communities and individuals to respond both issues. Faith and sexuality are important issues to be discussed since sexuality has become taboo thing in religious institution and norms, while at the same time, religion also concerns on human sexuality. Religion, then, become a mean to legitimize the 'right' and 'wrong' sexuality, based on the holy scriptures. On the other hand, sexuality is not always related to biological sex and also sexual behaviour, but also has already become an integrated part of being a human - as orientation and also identity. YIFoS is then become a forum to build understanding that sexuality and faith are part of humanity which have diverse actualization so that can't be limited into some categories. The six legal religion in Indonesia still can't accommodate diverse faith and also the sexual norm that exists in our society also hasn't accommodate diverse sexualities. That's why this forum become the space, especially for young people to build dialogue and learn from each other about diverse faith and sexuality so that the stereotypes, hate, or even violence can be eliminated so that the diversity can be celebrated. Cause Your Faith and Sexuality is Definitely Your Choice!