A week-long string of events has been planned to boost the LGBT's community position in China and raise awareness around LGBT themes including marriage equality, sexual health and societal acceptance.
After waging a 5-year legal battle, W, a transgender woman will be allowed to marry her boyfriend after winning her appeal at Hong Kong’s top court today.
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.
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.
Tokyo's inaugural Rainbow Week will kick off this Saturday with a pre-party before the parade which will pass through the Shibuya and Harajuku districts on Sunday, April 28.
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.
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.
As lawmakers in Vietnam consider legalising same-sex marriage, the country's health ministry has reportedly said that it believes same-sex marriage to be a human right and should be allowed by the state.
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