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Pink Alliance, a coalition of Hong Kong's LGBT groups, has launched the I am ME (我係我) video advocacy project to generate public awareness about anti-LGBT bullying of school students because of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

Lawmakers in Uruguay on Wednesday voted 71-21 to legalise same-sex marriage, making the South American country the 12th in the world and third in the Americas to do so.

In dismissing one of two legal challenges in which plaintiffs sought to have the country's anti-gay sex law declared unconstitutional, the judge concludes that while anal and oral sex in private between a consenting man and woman is considered "acceptable," the same conduct was "repugnant and offensive" when carried out between two men, "therefore no reason to strike down... s 377A... as arbitrary or discriminatory."

Produced by a 21-year-old student, My best gay friends has become a nationwide phenomenon with the first episode of the 15-part series breaking the one million view mark on Youtube over the weekend.

Festival organisers have unveiled their line-up of 25 events over seven days including a parade, volleyball tournament, street parties, film screenings, bowling competition and the Mr Gay Fongkaew Phuket competition.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has become somewhat of a hero for rebutting a shareholder who complained that the company's support of same-sex marriage was hurting the company’s stock price at the company's annual meeting last week.

Last week, over 15 LGBT groups in Hong Kong announced their withdrawal from the Sexual Minorities Forum, a government consultative body to address LGBT-related issues, and accused the government of using the body as a cover for its failure to introduce measures to prevent discrimination.

Transgender people in Korea can now change their legal gender status without undergoing genital surgery, a court in Seoul ruled last Friday.

The Argentina LGBT Federation has issued a media statement saying the election of the former archbishop of Buenos Aires as the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide is a "bad sign for LGBTI rights" as he had obstructed the legislative advances of LGBT rights in Argentina.

Meet Pope Francis who as the former archbishop of Buenos Aires opposed gay marriage and the promotion of free contraceptives, but is also held in high regard for his compassion for the poor and disenfranchised.