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Behind the scenes, George Rekers is a major anti-gay figure who has caused a great deal of harm by lobbying for anti-gay legislation in the US.

Organised by community groups including Rainbow of Hong Kong, Gay Harmony, Horizons and Amnesty International’s LGBT Group, Hong Kong will commemorate International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) on Monday, 17 May at Chater Gardens.

We Are Family, the first ever LGBT radio programme on Hong Kong's public airwaves, won the Grand Prize in the Chinese radio category in the 14th Annual Human Rights Press Awards.

Anglican Primate of South East Asia and Singapore Archbishop John Chew elected chairman of the Global South network which represents about 75 per cent of Anglicans globally. 

Danton Remoto, of the Philippines' Ang Ladlad – Asia's only LGBT political party – shares with Fridae's Manila correspondent Laurindo Garcia the group's plans after winning a mandate to represent LGBTs as a party-list group in the May 10 elections.

While the MIQFF is not the first gay-themed film festival to be held in the country, the festival marks the first time screenings are held in a multiplex with the approval of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

130 Anglican leaders from Africa, Asia as well as some conservative US bishops who are gathered because they mainly oppose the ordination of gay clergy are meeting in Singapore this week.

Pink Dot, Singapore's second public LGBT-supportive event,  will be held 15 May. Plus, the three ambassadors for Pink Dot 2010 are: actors Adrian Pang and Tan Kheng Hua, and popular DJ Big Kid aka Johnson Ong.

The LGBT community in Philippines won a political victory this week as the country's highest court recognised Ang Ladlad, a LBGT group as a legitimate political party for the first time and can participate as a party-list group in next month's elections.

While the police say initial investigations have ruled out a case of murder, gay and civil rights groups as well as the AMU Teachers' Association have demanded a “full, fair and impartial investigation” given the “mysterious circumstances” surrounding the professor's death. Latest update: Traces of poison found in body