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A former South African Constitutional Court judge who was in Taiwan recently to receive the country’s top Tang Prize for rule of law said Taiwan could become a leader in openness if it were to the first in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.

Indonesian parliament might pass a law allowing the country’s utra-conservative Aceh province to punish same-sex relations with 100 lashes of the cane.

Taiwan is getting ready to host its first International Queer Film Festival which organizers say is an endeavor to showcase LGBT themes to the Taiwanese people as well as highlight awareness about issues the community faces.

The Thai LGBT community encounters great social stigma and limited job opportunities despite the country’s tourism authority actively promoting Thailand as a gay-friendly tourist destination, says a recent international report.

The first openly gay Indian American official in the Obama administration has quit his position as White House’s liaison to the LGBT community.

A Thailand-based NGO working for gay, transgender and other migrant workers affected by HIV is urging the ASEAN Health Ministers presently meeting in Vietnam to commit to a compassionate public health response to migrant workers affected by HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

Bangladesh says it will veto the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) proposal to provide rights for lesbian and gay people.

The Indian federal government has asked the Supreme Court to modify its landmark ruling that accepted transgender people as a socially and economically backward caste eligible to various affirmative action accorded to other marginalized sections of society

  Last month saw a ground breaking symposium on LGBTI rights held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 28 to 29 August 2014.

Student activists have petitioned 112 key universities urging them to incorporate equality on campus and curb discrimination against LGBT people gay.