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Added on: 02/14/2019

Japan Launches First LGBTI Safe House

02/12/2019

Japan opened its first LGBTI safe house in Tokyo this week. Nijiiro House supports LGBTI people who have fallen into homelessness due to their sexuality or gender…

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Added on: 02/14/2019

How Does Taiwan Really Feel About LGBT Issues After Its Referendums?

02/12/2019

If 2017 saw the rise of marriage equality in Taiwan, then the backlash in 2018 suggests many observers held an overly optimistic view on just how much…

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Added on: 02/14/2019

Israeli Politician Shlomo Karhi says Pride Parades are ‘against nature’

02/12/2019

Israeli politician Shlomo Karhi has been condemned for saying Pride parades “legitimise something that is contrary to the natural family unit.” Karhi, who will be a candidate…

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Added on: 02/13/2019

Fury at HIV Data Leak in Conservative Singapore

02/10/2019

Rico has lived with HIV for almost a decade, confiding in only a small number of people in socially conservative Singapore, fearful of the reaction. Last month,…

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Added on: 02/13/2019

Small, Rural Businesses are Far Behind India’s Corporate Giants in Welcoming LGBTI People

2/12/2019

Following India’s September move to scrap a colonial-era ban on gay sex, more and more corporations are opening their doors to LGBT+ people and ushering in policies…

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Added on: 02/12/2019

Stage set for Queer Pride

02/11/2019

Nritya Forum for Performing Arts came alive on Sunday with the performance of members and allies of the LGBTQ plus communites at Queer Carnival. Organised by the…

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Added on: 02/12/2019

‘One can be queer and religious too’

02/10/2019

Stressing that being religious and queer does not have to be mutually exclusive, Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender (LGBT) activists said that homosexuality was more of a lifestyle…

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Added on: 02/12/2019

“This Is Me”: Nippon Television’s Tanio Toshimi on Being True to Oneself

02/08/2019

Transgender commentator Tanio Toshimi debuted on News Zero around the time that Diet member Sugita Mio made headlines for describing the LGBT community as childless and “unproductive.” While LGBT…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

LGBTQ HATE INCIDENTS UP 54% IN 2018

02/10/2019

Harassment of members of the LGBTQ community increased dramatically in 2018, with a 54% increase in reported incidents of homophobia, the Nir Katz Center revealed on Sunday…

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Added on: 02/10/2019

Village where ‘love the same’ is embraced

02/08/2019

Angkrong, a village in Prey Veng Province in Cambodia’s southeast corner, has been home to five couples over the age of 40, two young couples who recently…

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Added on: 02/10/2019

Gay couples to ‘live more freely’ with Thai civil unions

02/07/2019

Luke Cassady-Dorion believed marriage was for “boring” straight people until he met the man he wanted to spend the rest of his life with – Tae. But…

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Added on: 02/09/2019

Two suits challenge Singapore’s colonial-era anti-gay law

02/08/2019

Singapore is facing two lawsuits asking the courts to overturn the nation’s colonial-era anti-homosexuality law, Section 377A. Both constitutional challenges were filed after the Indian Supreme Court in…

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Added on: 02/08/2019

India takes ‘big step’ in AIDS fight with gay sex ruling – Global Fund chief

02/07/2019

No longer shamed as criminals, millions of LGBT+ people in India will be less at risk from HIV/AIDS following the legalisation of gay sex, the head of…

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Added on: 02/07/2019

Mumbai Hosts First Same Sex Wedding Party After SC Verdict

02/05/2019

For Vinodh Philip, there couldn’t be a better tribute than his wedding reception to the city that embraced him and saw him through his toughest turmoil. Nearly…

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Added on: 02/06/2019

Why Some Members of Singapores’s LGBTI Community Prefer Life in the Shadows

02/06/2019

When news broke in December that Singapore’s High Court had allowed a gay couple to adopt their son conceived through a surrogate in the United States, it…

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Added on: 02/06/2019

LGBTI Community Reaches Out to the Poor with Medicine Bank

02/05/2019

Bebo Kinnar, a transgender from Jamshedpur, grew up as a subject of ridicule and discrimination. But today, her initiative – Dava Daan Jeevan Daan – started in…

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Added on: 02/04/2019

Violent comments against student who kissed his male partner are ‘worrying’: Inter-University LGBT Network

02/03/2019

The recent online vitriol some Singaporeans have spewed on a man from a local junior college who was seen on an Instagram post kissing his male partner…

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Added on: 02/04/2019

Pride Parade 2019: Mumbaikars celebrate decriminalisation of homosexuality with love, liberty & fervour

02/02/2019

The commercial capital of the country celebrated its first Pride Parade after the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality in September last year on Saturday. Hundreds of people were…

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Added on: 02/04/2019

Same-sex couples to file suits for marriage equality in several courts on Feb 14

02/02/2019

Chizuka Oe and Yoko Ogawa have lived together in a relationship of mutual trust for almost 25 years since they fell in love after their first encounter…

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Added on: 02/03/2019

Transgender trio fail in legal bid to be listed as male on Hong Kong ID card.

02/01/2019

Three transgender people who identify as male lost their legal bid on Friday to be recognised as such on their Hong Kong identity cards, in a setback…

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Added on: 02/03/2019

Award-Winning Activist Jay Lin on Sharing LGBT Stories with Asia.

02/01/2019

When Newsweek publicly announced that I was one of the 15 members of the “Creative Class of 2019,” I seriously had to pinch myself. I was discussing video streaming…

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Added on: 02/03/2019

This Gay Man Speaks Out About Fleeing Iraq, Where He Says Being LGBT Is a ‘Death Sentence’

01/31/2019

In commemoration of 2019 marking 50 years since the Stonewall Riots took place, the editors over at Gay Star News are inviting 50 international guest writers to…

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Added on: 02/02/2019

Film on lesbian romance hailed for pushing boundaries.

02/01/2019

A Bollywood movie about a family accepting their daughter is a lesbian was hailed on Friday (Feb 1) for pushing the boundaries of cinema in socially conservative…

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Added on: 02/02/2019

Conservative Muslims reject antirape bill over ‘pro-adultery, LGBT’ concerns.

02/01/2019

The passing of a bill on sexual violence, which has been deliberated on by the House of Representatives since 2016, is at risk of being delayed again,…

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Added on: 01/31/2019

Indonesia Mayor Targets Gay People ‘because they’re possessed by demons’

1/29/2019

A mayor in Indonesia has ordered the arrest of LGBT+ people so religious authorities can conduct exorcisms on them. Mayor of Padang Mahyeldi Ansharullah has used the…

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Added on: 01/31/2019

Chiba 1st Japanese City to Recognize LGBTI Couples, Common-law Marriage

01/29/2019

In a first for Japan, the city of Chiba held a ceremony Tuesday to issue certificates recognizing both the partnerships of sexual minority and common-law couples. “I…

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Added on: 01/30/2019

Leaked HIV data creates fear among Singaporean LGBT community

01/29/2019

A major leak of the confidential data of 14,200 people with HIV in Singapore could hamper a fight against new infections among LGBT+ people in the city-state,…

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Added on: 01/30/2019

Life in the Closet: The LGBT Community in Central Asia

01/29/2019

While much recent attention has been focused on the LGBT community in Chechnya and the wider North Caucasus, sexual minorities in Central Asia live under significant pressure…

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Added on: 01/29/2019

Myanmar LGBT Pride Out in Force, But Laws Lag Behind

01/29/2019

This past weekend, pride week kicked off in full force in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon. A flurry of rainbow umbrellas dotting Yangon harbor, held by fishermen following…

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Added on: 01/29/2019

LGBT community fear living openly in Kurdistan

01/29/2019

Imagine living a lie. A life of lies, secrecy and often depression only to conform to cultural norms so that you or your family isn’t endangered or…