Gay singer Adam Lambert, who performed last weekend at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, spoke his mind about being visible and proud as a gay person.
A professor in an Indian university, who was filmed having consensual sex with another man, was suspended from his job last month after the matter was brought to the notice of the college authorities.
A Republican state senator comes out as gay days after he was reportedly seen at a gay nightclub in Sacramento before being arrested on drink driving charges the same night.
Following last week's protest outside the Taipei city government building by activists protesting a city council's memo to ban gay rights groups from primary and high schools, Taiwan's Ministry of Education said on Sunday that gay topics will find a place in elementary and secondary school textbooks from next year.
The US capital of Washington DC became the sixth US jurisdiction to allow same-sex marriage after the Supreme Court threw out a last-minute legal challenge. Update: Buenos Aires sees second same-sex marriage, Mexico's capital city hands out its first same-sex marriage licenses
Campaigners opposing Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill have taken an online petition to parliament, signed by some 450,000 people from around the world.
Thousands of condoms will be given away free of charge as part of a new campaign to promote condom use rolled out by Fridae, the largest gay and lesbian website in Asia.
Malaysia's The Star newspaper on Feb 4 reported that police raided two gay joints, a massage parlour and a fitness centre, and arrested 19 men including a 65-year-old grandfather.
The New York Times is reporting that a study, to be released in February, has shown that monogamy is not a central feature for many gay male couples; and some argue that as a result, they have “stronger, longer-lasting and more honest relationships."