As China's gay population is hardest hit by HIV/AIDS, senior Chinese health officials, representatives from civil societies and other delegates met to discuss a new five-year strategy to scale-up HIV prevention programmes and treatment, and promote community-based organisation participation.
Loving Parents of LGBT (同志父母愛心協會), Taiwan's first official group for parents of LGBT people, was launched last Friday, Jul 8 at a press conference held at the at the Legislative Yuan. (New audio clip and video added.)
With 103 suspected anti-LGBT hate crime deaths since 1996 including 28 cases during the first half of 2011 alone, the Philippine LGBT Hate Crime Watch has embarked on a public campaign to call for more awareness and legislative change. Fridae speaks to researcher Marlon Lacsamana to find out more.
Gays and lesbians across China were left pleasantly stunned last evening by an unexpected report from national broadcaster CCTV which not only slammed award-winning actress Lü Liping (吕丽萍) for stoking homophobia, but also assured members of the LGBT community of their place in society.
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad stunned many on Monday by calling homosexuality "unnatural", and a "disease" which is "spreading fast" in the country.
The US embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan reportedly held a LGBT Pride Celebration ceremony on June 26 which has since drew the ire of conservative Islamic groups with one deeming the event the second most dangerous attack by the US against Pakistan, following missiles fired from unmanned drones.
An upcoming play by beloved Singapore songwriter Dick Lee exposes the seamy world of male beauty pageants. Fridae chats with the hunky actors playing the contestants: Eli Tee, Kaeng Chan and Rodney Oliveiro.
Thirteen US Democratic senators released a video on Wednesday morning as part of the online "It Gets Better" video campaign, aimed at preventing suicide among LGBT youths.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is expected to appoint a senior coordinator for sexual orientation and gender identity who will be responsible for advising the USAID administrator on this agenda.
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