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Australia, Europe & Asia host a vast array of LGBTQ leaders. Meet some of them now
Despite significant geographical and linguistic differences, Australia, Europe, and Asia share at least one strong bond – plenty of activists dedicated to equality for LGBTQ+ people.
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Watch this couple’s family react when they come out in a country where being gay is illegal
“I feel blessed” to have a supportive family.
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Protests for and against same-sex marriage rock Taiwan
The bill would change the legal definition of marriage from between “male and female parties” to between “two parties.”
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Virulent anti-gay remarks test Indonesia’s moderate image
Gays are a contagion, declares the banner in bold red and black lettering that hangs on the sidewalk of a bustling neighborhood in Indonesia’s capital.
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Ashley Madison hack puts gay lives at risk
The hack exposes the names of users who live in places where homosexual is punishable by death.
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LGBT rights advocates slam Malaysia for prosecuting transgender women
Human Rights Watch on Monday criticized a Malaysian Islamic court for fining nine Muslim transgender women for cross-dressing and jailing two of them for a month.
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South Korea: Court rules police cannot ban LGBT pride march
A court in the South Korean capital Seoul ruled Tuesday that police violated the law when they banned a pride march to be held June 28 as the culmination of the Korean Queer Cultural Festival, according to a press release from organizers.
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Tokyo ward 1st in Japan to recognize same-sex marriage
With a landmark vote by the assembly of Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, the district famous as a mecca for trendy youngsters became the first locale in Japan to recognize same sex partnerships as the “equivalent of a marriage,”
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Singapore court fines blogger for comments on gay sex cases
A Singapore court fined a prominent dissident blogger on Wednesday for questioning the timing of two constitutional challenges to the city-state’s ban on gay sex.
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Philippine court enters not guilty plea for Marine charged in trans woman’s murder
A Philippine court entered a not guilty plea Monday for a U.S. Marine charged with murdering a transgender Filipino, allegedly after he discovered her biological sex when they checked into a hotel.