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If the story of one couple sharing a life together in rural China can serve as an early indicator, then the situation for gay Chinese men may be showing signs of  change—for the better.

Speaking at a forum on ‘gender identity disorder’, a social science lecturer at a Malaysian University has said that rape and “environmental toxins” are among several factors that encourage people to become transgender.

  The Calcutta International LGBT Film and Video Festival has just kicked off in Kolkata, promising to bring together artists and activists in a a bid to shed light on the state of sexual rights in the region and beyond.

  Hong Kong Pride Parade 2014 will be taking place this Saturday.

  Taipei Pride returned for a 13th year this month. Hoards of LGBTers marched from Taiwan's presidential palace through the city.

Korea University’s student council has revised its rules to ban discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

The highest court in Singapore has upheld a Colonial-era law criminalizing gay sex.

People in Manila are taking part in a campaign to encourage and support the LGBT community as well as denounce anti-gay discrimination by pushing for equality status between gay and straight people.

Gay advocacy groups say that results of an evaluation conducted on Taipei’s mayoral candidates show all three of them lack concrete policies on promoting gay rights.

The mayor of the South Korean capital Seoul has become the first mainstream Politian in the country to indorse marriage between same-sex couples.