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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.

The Obama administration says a federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and has directed the Justice Department not to defend the law anymore in court cases across the country.

Galeforce Capital to launch first ever global competition to support and promote excellence and innovation in LGBT social enterprise. LGBT Capital and Galeforce Capital announce alliance to offer investors unique LGBT Impact Investing opportunity.

An estimated 200 to 400 members of Chiangmai's LGBT community – including some 70 of Burmese origin – and their supporters marched in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Sunday to promote non-violence towards members of the LGBT community.

South African Muhsin Hendricks, who is an openly gay Islamic cleric, runs a foundation called The Inner Circle which helps Muslims who are struggling to accept their sexuality.

Australia's broadcasting regulator has determined that although Channel Seven's controversial expose that showed former NSW transport minister David Campbell's visit to a gay sauna had invaded his privacy, it did not breach television standards because the reasons that led to his resignation was ultimately of public interest – even though Campbell had resigned BECAUSE of the story.

A group of 19 parents of LGBTs led by Mrs Minna Saran, mother of a young gay filmmaker who died in a road accident, is among the six parties who have filed petitions in support of the 2009 Delhi High Court ruling that decriminalised gay sex.