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The State government of Victoria, Australia has promised tighter controls banning lesbians from accessing IVF treatment following outage from the Catholic Church and MPs.

In the infamous Cairo 52 trial that lasted four months, twenty-three Egyptian men accused of being gay have been sentenced to one to five-year jail terms with hard labour while the rest were acquitted.

While international human rights groups have gone to great lengths in campaigning against the trial, Egyptian groups had distanced themselves from the whole affair.

John Howard secures a rare third consecutive 3-year term as Australia's Prime Minister much to the disappointment of gay and lesbian civil rights advocates.

A 62-year-old Japanese man burnt himself to death after shooting his Thai wife and her alleged lesbian lover in northern Thailand.

On an island famous for many of Asia's democratic firsts, history is being made once again. Chen Wen-yen, has become the first openly gay man to run for a seat in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (Legislature).

Ally McBeal star Portia de Rossi has been reported to be having a lesbian affair with ex-beatle's stepdaughter.

Bangkok district police offices have given approval (at last) for the Bangkok Gay Festival parade on Sunday at 18:00.

Any gay British minister taking their male partner to Malaysia would be expelled, warns Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad.

An Indonesian gay rights activist, a Thai stage performer and Malaysia's pioneer HIV/AIDS NGO, the Pink Triangle Foundation will be the recipients of the Utopia Awards to be presented in Bangkok on Friday.