Researchers from the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) reported that despite the gay community's "silence", the number of the sub-group is "rising" and they have even "formed clubs exclusively catering to homosexual men."
Following complaints, McDonald's says it will allow access to a number of gay-related websites from its free Wi-Fi service but not a leading gay news website due to its sexually explicit third party advertising, as described in a McDonald's statement.
Uganda's top opposition leader on Monday said the country's police have more pressing tasks than investigating homosexuality and suggested he would decriminalise the practice if elected.
The US media watchdog Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has on Thursday started a petition to urge CNN to stop inviting 'experts' whose "only qualification is that they are anti-gay" to provide 'balance' to LGBT-related news topics.
Hafidz Baharom, a Malay-Muslim social commentator comes out as gay in a column in The Malaysian Insider, in support of Azwan Ismail whose appearance in a It Gets Better video sparked furore in the predominantly Muslim country.
The Ugandan high court says the Rolling Stone article, which identified individuals as homosexual alongside their photographs and personal details, violated constitutional rights to privacy and safety; court instituted a ban on the country's media outlets outing people as gay.
The BBC's decision to feature a supporter of state-sponsored execution of gay men as the sole commentator for its story about the birth of a surrogate son to Elton John and his partner has sparked a debate about the extent of an anti-gay viewpoint being necessary for a news report – involving a gay person or issue – to be balanced.
Following recent reports that the Islamic Development may take stern action against Azwan Ismail who came out in a YouTube video, a spokesperson now says the organisation has "no power to take legal action."
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