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Three well-known public personalities – Michelle Chia, Ivan Heng and Mark Richmond – have been named the 2013 ambassadors of Singapore's fifth-installment of Pink Dot, a rally to support the freedom of LGBT people to love.

Organisers say about 12,000 people participated in pride march on Sunday which kicked-off the first ever “Tokyo Rainbow Week” to be held in the city.

Johanna Sigurdardottir, the prime minister of Iceland and the first openly gay leader of government in the world, has stepped down last week prior to the elections on Saturday.

With Malaysia's 13th general election slated to be held on May 5, politicians have yet again aspersions on LGBTs this time with the Deputy Prime Minister warning the country's Muslim citizens against LGBT activists.

France has become the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage.

Some 40 police officers of Inspector and Senior Inspector rank from the Caloocan Police Station of Caloocan City in Manila, and about 10 criminology students were the first to attend the first-ever LGBT and gender sensitivity training seminar held earlier this month by LGBT activists in the Philippines.

Hong Kong action superstar Jackie Chan has come out as an ally of LGBTs and is urging others to do the same.

Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee, plaintiffs in the recent S 377A constitutional challenge, will appeal the recent High Court judgment. Friends and supporters have launched a fundraising appeal to raise S$50,000 to help meet court costs.

New Zealand has become the first country in the Asia Pacific region and the 13th worldwide to legalise same-sex marriage after its parliament voted 77 to 44 on Wednesday night.