Russia's lower house on Tuesday voted 436-0 to ban gay "propaganda", a measure will impose heavy fines for providing information about homosexuality to people under 18.
Fridae and Stark Mobile Technologies partnership further signifies the world's first Global Affinity Alliance that seamlessly integrates global partner websites.
A 19-year-old gay rights activist was detained for 12 days in the southern Chinese city of Changsha for organising a 100-strong street rally attended by participants from various Chinese cities to mark the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHO) on May 17, Beijing-based Queer Comrades reports.
Asia is becoming more LGBTI friendly. Change is not dramatic but incremental, says Douglas Sanders, a long-time activist and Professor Emeritus in Law at Canada's University of British Columbia and Thailand's Chulalongkorn University.
The New South Wales Court of Appeal last Friday overturned a previous ruling that only legally recognised male and female as a valid gender status; now a third option — "non-specific" — can now be listed.
21-year-old Charice, who gained international recognition as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2007 and guest-star on the US hit TV show Glee, has officially come out in a TV interview over the weekend.
The only child of former US President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she's committed to supporting gay rights and being more involved in international world health issues during a visit to Malaysia this week.
Blue Is the Warmest Color, a sexually explicit drama about a French teenage girl's love affair with another woman, has received the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, the first time the award has gone to a gay romantic drama.
The members of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras at the extraordinary general meeting held last weekend voted to put 'Gay and Lesbian' back into the official name of the iconic event which celebrated its 35th anniversary this year.
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