People in Taiwan are appalled that a Christian group has managed to repeatedly air an anti-gay film in the guise of teaching and respecting in the territory's public school system.
Singaporean artist Felicia Low is creating an educational comic about teen love and sexuality, based on interviews with three young women: one straight, one bisexual and one lesbian.
The guide to "help" parents in Malaysia identify gay and lesbian "symptoms" in their children says one indication is that gay men have muscular bodies and like to show their body by wearing V-neck and sleeveless clothes, among other clues.
The contributions of slain San Francisco politician Harvey Milk and the Stonewall riots in New York City in 1969 that helped launch the LGBT rights movement will soon be taught in California classrooms alongside well known activists such as Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks who are credited for making a lasting impact on civil rights in the United States.
Eight months the suicide of American student Tyler Clementi that got the country talking about the issue of bullying on school campuses and anti-bullying efforts, his former roommate, who faces a 15-count indictment of hate crime charges, stood in court for the first time on Monday.
Openly gay actor Sir Ian McKellen is on his third month of his nationwide "role model" tour of secondary schools on behalf of Stonewall, the gay equality charity that he co-founded in 1989. Over last two years, he had toured 54 secondary schools and has inspired not only students but teachers to come out to their supervisors.
With Mr Gay Hong Kong Heihei Yau as the ambassador for the ‘Tongzhi Tsai’ (Junior Tongzhi) campaign, the Boys and Girls Clubs Association (BGCA) and Tongzhi Community Joint Meeting (TCJM) are gearing up to address the issue of homophobic bullying and the use of ex-gay reparative therapy literature in schools.
Organisers say a recent double suicide case involving two lesbian students and another which occurred 16 years ago highlight the inadequacies of Taiwan’s gender diversity education, and calls on the government to address the issue not just through legislation or school-based policies but public education campaigns.
Fridae.com’s Hong Kong correspondent, Nigel Collett, investigates the Boys and Girls Clubs Association campaign against the harassment of LGBT students in Hong Kong schools.
Following last week's protest outside the Taipei city government building by activists protesting a city council's memo to ban gay rights groups from primary and high schools, Taiwan's Ministry of Education said on Sunday that gay topics will find a place in elementary and secondary school textbooks from next year.
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