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Clashes broke out in Taipei at the weekend as pro-gay marriage activists tried to join a rally organized by Christian churches to promote the idea of a family as consisting of one father, one mother and their children.

An unnamed Japanese student has given a moving speech about the discrimination felt by LGBT people in the contemporary world.  Borrowing the legendary words of Martin Luther King, the student commented on global gay issues as well as his own experiences as he came out to his classmates and teachers.

Campaigners, company representatives, and revellers flocked in from all over the region and as far away as Europe and America for the event organized by Asian gay men's magazine Element. 

Guangzhou police have charged five men with 'group licentiousness' after they busted a gay sex club at a residential flat in Tianhe district of Guangzhou. The online sex club has nearly 3000 members.

Pink Dot Penang 2014, an LGBT event scheduled to be held in George Town on March 29, has been cancelled by organisers amid protests from Muslim groups.

Despite the State’s anti-gay law Act 377A, and a growing debate over recent Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) FAQ on definition of a homosexual relationship, Asia Pink Awards 2014, the 1st regional LGBTQI Awards event, will take place on Sunday.

  LGBT rights advocacy groups in Taiwan have condemned former Democratic Progressive Party chairman Lin I-hsiung over comments that there should be special legislation for same-sex marriages.

A Powerful new video has been released from the Asia Pacific Transgender Network and UNAIDS.

With photos by Hamid Mousa courtesy of SBS, we take you through the highlights of Sydney's epic Mardis Gras

On March 2nd at an event on the waterfront of Victoria Harbour Hong Kong, well known Hong Kong LGBT community members announced the formation of Double Happiness, the first organisation in support of marriage equality in Hong Kong.