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  The temple in Kyoto is the first Zen Buddhist temple to officiate symbolic ceremonies between same-sex couples in the country.

  Taiga Ishikawa, 40, from the Social Democratic Party is eager to promote the legalization of same-sex marriage if he is successful in his debut at national level politics.

After Mayor's decision not to sign charter that protected rights of LGBTs, activists stage sit-in at Seoul City Hall

The appeal of Boy’s Love comic stories is seen as unlike romance between a boy and girl that comes with pressures such as pregnancy which can negate the purity of romantic desire.

  Activists say the EU’s selection of an anti-gay academic speaker in Singapore is contrary to both the EU and the UN’s stance on LGBT rights.

  The hook-up app is considered as public service in conveying information to the LGBT community about HIV and shows that people in China are beginning to be more tolerant towards gay people.

  Seoul Metropolitan Government fails to enact human rights charter due to pressures from anti-gay groups over inclusion of sexual identity or orientation clause.

  Hundreds of Indians took part in a gay parade in the capital New Delhi for the first time since the Supreme Court reinstated a colonial-era ban on same-sex relations.

Outrage over the murder of a Filipino transsexual, allegedly at the hands of a US Marine, has obscured rather than highlighted the troubling vulnerability of sexual minorities to discriminatory violence in the Philippines, according to a recent report by The China Post.

Community Business, an NGO dedicated to “advancing corporate social responsibility in Asia”, according to its website, has just announced the launch of its trailblazing LGBT Workplace Inclusion Index in Hong Kong.