About Us
We’re Tara & Mattel—two introverts in our mid-40s doing life, parenting, and remote work together. With Tara’s background in finance and Mattel’s experience in digital marketing and design, we’re teaming up to share what we’ve learned about careers, money, family, and finding true ourselves. Why are we doing this? Because we know what it's like to feel lost and search for answers all by yourself. Now, it’s our turn to give back, bringing you honest stories, practical tools, and baby steps you can actually take—so you never have to feel like you’re figuring it all out alone.
For Business Owners
Queer Business Hub
For you who run a business
We are building Queer Business Hub as a place for business owners to learn from each other, grow together and build a shared marketplace through Pasar Inklusif. From the community, for the community.
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For People with Skills
CARI SKILL
For you who have a skill
We usually get work through word of mouth: "I know a good designer," or "Reach out to my friend, they're a photographer." Now, CARI SKILL is here to help those recommendations reach an even bigger audience. It's a skill directory made just for our community! It's a space for us to connect, support, and empower one another. Whatever your hustle or skill is, you can signup anytime right from your phone Don't worry about privacy—your personal details are hidden, and we'll forward all client messages directly to your inbox.
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For Visual Artists
Queer & Artsy
For you with a talent for visual art
Art is how we take up space. It’s not just about healing—it’s about unapologetic self-expression, leveling up your craft, and calling out inequality. Through art, we can turn our lived experiences into something meaningful and give back to uplift our community. You don’t have to be a professional artist to get started. Your voice matters, so own it. Let's create something today.
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For Foundations & NGOs
Akunting Nirlaba ISAK 335
For you who manage the finances of a foundation or NGO
Running an NGO is ultimately about honoring trust. Especially when our work relies on grants, transparent fund management is crucial to ensure our programs bring the maximum benefit to the community. The Akunting Nirlaba ISAK 335 system is a web-based solution that finally ends the headache of messy, layered spreadsheets by automatically separating funds and organizing reports neatly. Let this tool handle the accounting so you can get back to what matters most: executing programs and making a real impact on the ground!
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Representation
Representation
Shoutout
Meet Tara & Mattel @taraxmattel , an Indonesian lesbian couple sharing their story with honesty, love, and courage.
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Shoutout
Tara and Mattel ( @taraxmattel ) met Saskia Wrienga for the second time. Watching this connection happen beyond the film has been incredibly meaningful for us. It’s a beautiful reminder that this project is about more than what happens on screen it’s about building real relationships and fostering community. Even though filming may be over, this journey continues to evolve. Seeing our interview subjects connect, support one another, and build community beyond the documentary is exactly why we do this work. Because together, we are stronger, more united, and more powerful.
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Behind the Scenes
While filming in Bali, we took part in a powerful group interview organized by Tara and Mattel with an inspiring group of lesbian, queer, bisexual, and trans individuals from Indonesia’s LGBTQ+ community Their stories offered an honest look at friendship, resilience, discrimination, and hope for a future where they can freely love and be themselves.
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Get-together PRIDE event
It’s June! Get ready to shine like rainbow the whole month! On June 5th 2022, Pelangi Nusantara hosted our very first get-together PRIDE event! We believe all LGBTs around the world this month is celebrating PRIDE, so we held a gigantic PRIDE flag to show to Indonesia and the world that we exist, we’re not afraid, and we’re still as fabulous as ever. It's time to stop hating, and start loving!
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A huge PRIDE Flag
Happy Pride Month everyone! Have you ever seen such a huge PRIDE Flag in Indonesia? We wear our colours with PRIDE! Tag us with any LGBT flag in your posts and we'll feature you in our stories ;)
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Podcast Love Buzz - Lesbian Visibility Week
This week is Lesbian Visibility Week, which usually runs from April 5th to May 1st every year. It's all about raising public awareness about lesbian visibility and the struggles they face—and of course, celebrating them! So, on the "Love Buzz" podcast, @Asruldwi chats with Tara and Mattel (@taraxmattel) about lesbian visibility, family, and of course, love. You can listen to it on KBRPrime here: bit.ly/LoveBuzz_TaraxMattel It's also available to stream on Spotify, Anchor, and other podcast platforms. #LesbianVisibilityWeek
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Rainbow Susta Festa ~ Love is Love
We will have our regular sustainable vendors as well as 🌈 brands founded by those from the 🌈 community ❤️ The 🌈 community here is one of the most vulnerable communities in Indonesia and struggles so hard just to be accepted for who they are or even to get by. But no one should have to apologize for who they are, whom they love, how they want to express themselves! It should be every month, but this month is PRIDE MONTH. Let's show support to the 🌈 entrepreneurs / community and celebrate diversity and inclusivity!!!
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Indonesian Queer-owned businesses
Pride month may be ending but we should still show our support towards the LGBTQ+ community 🌈 Here are a few Indonesian Queer-owned businesses that we can support! 👏🌈 Mood of the Muda is an online magazine created by Indonesian youths to showcase various social issues through different art mediums.
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Instagram Live
An engaging talk titled "Build Your Business With Pride," exploring "How the Gender-Diverse Community Empowers the Economy Through Apparel." Streaming via Instagram Live on @naladhipa.bdg & @tarraxmattel.
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Online Fundraising
Tara & Mattel ( @taraxmattel ) first met in 2004, but life took them in different directions. After years apart, they found their way back to each other in 2018 and made the brave decision to fight for their love and build a life together. They believe in being their truest selves, visible, proud, and honest within their community 💜🩷🧡🩵 Hear their story and the stories of two other cast members of our upcoming film, Emerald Archipelago, at our online fundraising event. They believe in being their truest selves, visible, proud, and honest within their community.
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Shoutout
Here's a shameless shoutout to our beloved Tara X Mattel -- Indonesia's very own PRIDE! They are a lovely lesbian couple who are looking to empower LGBTQ+ individuals through their own stories and the rainbow apparels they are carrying. Do check them out and do your part to support the #PrideMovement #supportsmallbusiness Follow @taraxmattel and check out the link in their bio for more!
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Shoutout
LGBTQIA+ apparel, accessories, and art - celebrating lesbian couples & two-mom families. 💕🏳️🌈
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Shoutout
🏳️🌈 "PRIDE IS ABOUT STANDING UNITED" 🏳️🌈 In celebration of this year's World Pride, we asked people in our international network what Pride means to them. Meet Tara and Mattel, a couple from Indonesia who fell in love 18 years ago but lived apart until 2018, when they took the leap to reconnect. Now they live together and finally dare to be together openly. 🌏 Want to know more about how RFSL works globally for LGBTQI human rights? Head over to our website and click the "International" tab.
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