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Candidates, in fear of alienating conservative voters, refuse to promise anti-discrimination legislation.

Chief executive hopeful Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has made conflicting remarks on her stance toward LGBT in the city.

Two amendments to Taiwan’s marriage laws that would legalise same-sex marriage passed a first reading in the country’s Legislature this week.

It is the first time the President has commented on LGBT issues since anti-LGBT feelings rocketed in the country earlier this year.

Pantaleon Alvarez, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said he will file a bill legalising same-sex marriage in the Philippines. 

Mr Chan Chun Sing, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office says he is not a ‘sex policeman’.

Hong Kong lawmaker Ray Chan Chi-chuen has said that his re-election in last weeks polls shows sexual orientation is not ‘box-office poison’

Parental Rights Alliance say they are not discriminating, but that voters have a right to know which candidates supports the LGBT community.

Geraldine Roman, who has lived as a woman for 20 years, is hoping to win a seat in Monday's elections

Tangerang's mayor has said that the rise in homosexuality in Indonesia is due to a poor diet, including lack of breastfeeding and eating instant noodles.