Renown Chinese sexologist Zhang Beichuan, whose latest survey found that 80 percent of the women in marriages with gay men said they had been "seriously harmed", has called for gay men not to be bound to traditional marriage values.
A ruling party lawmaker caused a stir in parliament yesterday when he urged the government to take measures to curb “social problems” including what he said was a move made by a group of Malaysian NGOs to promote LGBT rights at the United Nations.
The Vienna Tourist Board and visitBerlin will launch a first-of-its-kind bid to attract Asian LGBT travelers at ITB Asia, a trade show for the Asian travel market, to be held in Singapore from Oct 23-25.
Glow Phuket 2013 is reportedly one of the first gay events to receive sponsorship from the Tourism Authority of Thailand, according to a local newspaper.
On October 14, a regional network of LGBT rights organisations launched a video in response to the exclusion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression (SOGIE) from the language of two recently adopted declarations protecting women and children from violence, and in the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration last year.
The Court of Appeal has accepted Tan Eng Hong's application to have his and another parallel case filed by Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee, both of which challenge the constitutionality of Singapore's anti-gay sex law, to be heard together.
The western Indian state of Gujarat held its first ever gay pride parade last Sunday following in the steps of other Indian cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata.
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