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Uganda's notorious Pastor Martin Ssempa is one of eight anti-gay Christian activists who have been charged for allegedly conspiring to blackmail and injure the reputation of another pastor by accusing him of sexual assault of another man.

It's a boy – birthed by a surrogate on Christmas Day – for superstar Elton John and his filmmaker partner David Furnish!

A gay man, who was attacked outside a gay bar in downtown Austin, Texas and in the presence of at least 20 onlookers – some of whom are likely to be gay men, say he is shocked that no one tried to help him and his friend.

Tanwarin Sukkapisit says her latest film about a transgender 'father' of two children has been banned, twice, because it's a serious film – as transgender females on Thai television are widely considered acceptable but only for laughs.

UN member states voted on Tuesday to restore a controversial reference to sexual orientation in a resolution against the unjustified killing of minority groups after it was removed last month at the urging of Arab and African nations.

This year's march is reportedly the largest in Manila since the city held the very first LGBT pride march in Asia in 1994.

The US Senate voted 65-31 on Saturday to end the 17-year-old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy which bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces.

Tan Eng Hong was fined S$3,000 by a district court for performing fellatio on another man in a public toilet.

Seksualiti Merdeka's second video in a series of 15 features Azwan Ismail, an engineer, poet, writer and editor of LGBT anthology Orang Macam Kita who shares that although it had taken him a long time to come to terms with his sexuality, he can now say "Saya gay, saya OK. (I’m gay, I’m OK.)"

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.