During crisis times such as this, LGBT people and PLHIV may face additional difficulties. Fridae gets in touch with LGBT/ PLHIV groups to find out how they are coping.
Some 193 young man in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia have reportedly fallen prey to the same man with at least 100 saying they had sex with him before they were cheated of money, laptops and other items.
While figures show a sharp decline in HIV diagnoses for heterosexual New Zealanders in 2010, it could well "be the worst year on record for our gay men's communities" says the New Zealand AIDS Foundation.
Over 200 participants from 22 Asia-Pacific countries gathered in Bangkok for a historic dialogue hosted by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law. As of now, 90 percent of countries in the Asia-Pacific region still have laws and practices that obstruct the rights of people living with HIV and those at higher risk of HIV exposure.
Fridae.com's Hong Kong correspondent, Nigel Collett, examines Leo Burnett's recent survey of the Hong Kong gay community's spending power and attitudes about being (openly) gay.
The gay community in India has organised a multi-city protest to demand that the TV station refrain from further "negative and homophobic portrayals of the queer and other marginalised communities", and air a public apology to the the persons involved and the LGBT community at large.
Political parties in Singapore for the first time respond to a joint letter sent by seven members of the LGBT community in Singapore requesting a clarification of their position on selected issues of interest to LGBT Singaporeans.
The gay community has expressed their outrage after a TV channel in Hyderabad, India carried a nearly 7-minute long news story that outed close to a dozen men who had their photographs and personal details on a gay personals website.
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