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Added on: 06/25/2021

Ray Yeung has been telling queer Asian stories for years and people are finally taking notice

06/25/2021

In the ongoing conversation about LGBTQ representation, sometimes the need to expand beyond the American zeitgeist gets lost. Last year, writer/director Ray Yeung managed to do just…

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Added on: 06/24/2021

Cultural Closet: It’s a challenge for LGBT Asians to come out to relatives in their homelands

06/24/2021

Xiukui Ji, a then-22-year old Chinese international student at the University of Arizona, was on the phone with his sister when he told her, “Oh, by the…

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Added on: 06/24/2021

Ministry takes aim at LGBT with changes to shariah law

06/24/2021

PETALING JAYA: The religious affairs ministry is proposing amendments to widen the scope of an existing shariah law used against people who are alleged to have insulted…

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Added on: 06/22/2021

At Shanghai Job Fair, Advocates Call for More LGBT Inclusion

06/22/2021

SHANGHAI — Lauren Qiang used to live a double life: She pretended to be straight at home but wasn’t worried about her sexual orientation while at work….

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Added on: 06/21/2021

Israel’s Foreign Ministry waves LGBTQ Pride flag for first time

06/21/2021

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid instructed his ministry to raise an LGBT pride flag outside its Jerusalem headquarters in honor of Pride Month for the first time on…

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Added on: 06/21/2021

Rizal birthday becomes celebration of LGBTQ freedoms in Baguio

06/20/2021

The pedestrian lane in front of Baguio’s Rizal Park was repainted last week with all the colors of the rainbow, in time for the celebration of a…

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Added on: 06/21/2021

Intersex youth’s search for acceptance continues

06/20/2021

The son of a poor shoemaker in Lahore, 22-year-old Muhammad Waqas continues to fight the stigma surrounding his intersex condition. The youth was reportedly born with diphallia,…

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Added on: 06/20/2021

KGH doctor ‘gives away’ baby with intersex traits to transgender group

6/19/21

A doctor in King George Hospital here has allegedly given away a newborn baby with intersex traits to a group of transgender people. The incident reportedly happened…

Global News

Added on: 06/17/2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says city will support Gay Games, and calls lawmaker’s hate-filled outburst ‘unnecessarily divisive’

06/16/2021

Hong Kong’s leader has accused several pro-establishment lawmakers of dividing society and inciting hatred, after one called next year’s Gay Games “disgraceful” and the revenue it would…

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Added on: 06/16/2021

Japan Heads into ‘Diversity’ Olympics Without Promised LGBT Law

06/15/2021

Japan’s parliament ended its session without passing a promised law on LGBT understanding, failing to fulfill a ruling party pledge just as the country is set to…

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Added on: 06/14/2021

India’s transgenders ‘left out’ of Covid vaccination drive

06/13/2021

India’s transgender community has complained it is being neglected from the nationwide Covid vaccination drive and has called for easier access to vaccines in community-friendly settings and…

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Added on: 06/14/2021

Filipino LGBTQIA advocates seek clarity on stance of politicians for 2022 elections

06/13/2021

LGBTQIA Filipino organizations released an open letter seeking clarifications on the political stance towards LGBTQIA issues of politicians and political parties or coalitions engaging in the 2022…

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Added on: 06/13/2021

QUEER ARTISTS OF INDIA USE ART TO EXPLORE GENDER AND SEXUALITY

6/11/21

In India, and South Asia in general, bias against women and other gender minorities remains prevalent across class, caste and social hierarchies. While there have historically been…

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Added on: 06/11/2021

Kashmir: LGBT+ demand health care access during COVID pandemic

06/10/2021

Kashmir’s LGBT+ community members are calling for the right to access health care and COVID-19 vaccines. They are also urging the government to set up support schemes…

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Added on: 06/10/2021

Equality watchdog, LGBT activists hit back at pro-Beijing lawmakers’ attacks on Gay Games

06/10/2021

LGBT activists and the Equal Opportunities Commission have lambasted pro-Beijing lawmakers for opposing the 2022 Gay Games. The event promotes values of equality, inclusion and diversity, and…

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Added on: 06/10/2021

Somewhere under the Bengaluru FC rainbow

06/07/2021

On the first day of this month, Bengaluru FC uploaded a social media post that had the sketch of a floodlight throwing rainbow colours over their home…

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Added on: 06/08/2021

Uzbekistan: Top lawmaker calls for deporting the LGBT community en masse

06/07/2021

The head of one of Uzbekistan’s leading political parties has suggested depriving gays, lesbians and transgender people of citizenship and deporting them as a way of ending…

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Added on: 06/08/2021

Lesbian couple in China sues over hetero-only ‘couples discount’

06/07/2021

It’s certainly not Pride month in China. A lesbian couple is suing a zoo in Guangzhou as well as the tourism booking service Ctrip after they were…

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Added on: 06/08/2021

Daniyar Sabitov & Anatoly Chernoussov, Kazakhstan

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Can you start by telling me a bit about yourselves? How did you meet and what led you to create Kok.team? Daniyar Sabitov [D]: We have been…

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Added on: 06/07/2021

Japanese LGBTQ groups and supporters stage rally in Tokyo, demand equal rights

06/06/2021

Japanese sexual minority groups and their supporters staged a rally outside Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya Station on Sunday calling for equal rights and public support for enacting a…

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Added on: 06/05/2021

Tax rebate for Bangladesh companies hiring transgender people

6/4/21

Bangladesh has declared a tax rebate for companies hiring transgender people to boost the government’s social inclusion efforts for the marginalised group in the Muslim-majority South Asian…

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Added on: 06/04/2021

Thousands join Jerusalem Pride march in call for LGBT rights

06/03/2021

Thousands of people marched through Jerusalem on Thursday in the annual Pride parade, celebrating LGBTQ rights in the conservative city amid heavy police security. Pride events in…

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Added on: 05/31/2021

In a first, Gurugram administration organises Covid vaccination for transgender community, sex workers

05/30/2021

In a unique initiative by the Gurugram administration, a special vaccination camp was organised for the transgender community and sex workers, who live in the Millennium City….

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Added on: 05/29/2021

Japan ruling party abandons LGBT bill as consensus elusive

05/28/2021

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday gave up on legislation to promote public awareness of sexual minorities, proving unable to overcome opposition within its own ranks….

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Added on: 05/28/2021

Dior chooses Chinese transgender star as an ambassador for its new fragrance campaign

05/27/2021

Dior, the French house owned by LVMH, the largest luxury group in the world, is collaborating with China’s transgender celebrity Jin Xing for a campaign centred on…

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Added on: 05/27/2021

Cops raid Bangkok gay sauna party, nab 62

05/24/2021

Police raided a gay sauna in Wang Thonglang district of the capital yesterday before dawn after a tip-off that a party of drugs and debauchery would be…

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Added on: 05/26/2021

Japan: New Momentum to Reform Transgender Law

05/25/2021

Transgender people in Japan face continuing barriers to changing their legally recognized gender, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Japanese government should heed…

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Added on: 05/25/2021

Members of the LGBTQ community share reality of being queer in South Korea

05/24/2021

“I went to this bar and they were doing this competition. And then I was like ‘Oh shit! It exists here, that’s so cool. I have been…

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Added on: 05/25/2021

Hong Kong’s Transgender Community Speaks Out Against Stigma

05/24/2021

In Hong Kong, transgender people are far from accepted. Members of the community spoke out against discrimination after a survey published ahead of the International Day Against…

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Added on: 05/25/2021

Japanese politicians refuse to pass LGBTQ rights bill as Olympics approach

05/24/2021

Advocates around the world are calling foul on Japan, worrying that the country won’t meet their pledge to pass a LGBTQ rights law before hosting the Olympics…