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Maurice Williamson has found popularity in Japan over a speech in favour of same-sex marriage he made in 2013.

The first Asian bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore died last week.

Legal experts believe marriage could be legislated within days.

District councillor Dominic Lee Tsz-king has complained of "foreign intervention” over the rainbow, sparking reaction from LGBT advocates.

More than a dozen top diplomats and several Hong Kong legislators attended the parade.

Some 46 percent of transgender people questioned had considered suicide, and 13 percent had survived a suicide attempt.

New report from Human Rights Watch documents violent gay conversion therapy at government hospital and clinics.

Asian LGBT rights network APCOM celebrates activism through the designation of HERO Awards.

Gay sex remains punishable with a prison term, but marchers say they hope the laws on this issue will change.

Australians vote overwhelmingly for same-sex marriage, paving the way for legislation by the end of 2017.