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In conjunction with international Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), representatives from various religious groups in Hong Kong are coming together to urge putting aside differences among religions on the basis of tolerance and compassion for reconciliation between religion and sexual minorities. Members of the public can attend.

This High Level Dialogue will bring together key members of the Judiciary, Parliament, Community advocacy groups and the UN system including Hon. Michael Kirby of Australia and Hon. Ajit Prakash Shah of India. Members of the public can attend.

Out lesbian actress and Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon tells a US gay magazine about how her relationship with her partner who is her first girlfriend started, coming out under the media glare and their life together now.

Elton John has been banned from performing in Egypt after calling Jesus 'gay' and attacking Arab nations for their intolerance of homosexuality in a magazine interview earlier this year.

Behind the scenes, George Rekers is a major anti-gay figure who has caused a great deal of harm by lobbying for anti-gay legislation in the US.

Just a month after crashing the ILGA Asia conference in Surabaya, members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI)  forced their way past police and stormed a human rights training program intended for transgender individuals at a hotel in Depok, West Java last Friday.

Ang Ladlad, the first gay political party in Asia vying for a seat in Congress, has thrown its support to Liberal Party standard bearer Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino and Puwersa ng Masasang Pilipino vice presidential candidate and Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay.

In what has been described a "rare" case, Malaysia's New Straits Times reported that a 38-year-old Malaysian transsexual was recently given refugee status in Australia as only 12 transsexuals were given asylum in Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada between 1994 and 2008.

Anglican Primate of South East Asia and Singapore Archbishop John Chew elected chairman of the Global South network which represents about 75 per cent of Anglicans globally. 

Activist and founder of ActionEqualsLife.com Nicholas Snow's "The Power To Be Strong" HIV awareness music video premieres online on Fridae and at the Kashish – Mumbai International Queer Film Festival on Sunday.