The Philippnes Commission on Elections (Comelec) has upheld a recent decision in which it barred Ang Ladlad, a LBGT political party, from running in the national elections next year.
A LGBT organisation in Mongolia has finally succeeded in having its application to be officially recognised accepted by the government after at least ten attempts.
The BBC had to rephrase their poll title after it drew intense criticism from readers and lawmakers for inviting debate on whether gays and lesbians should face execution in Uganda.
Following news of a similar Anti-Homosexuality Bill that is being proposed in neighbouring Uganda, the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission reports that the lower house of the Rwandan Parliament will hold its final debate on a draft revision of the penal code that will, for the first time, make homosexuality a crime in Rwanda.
Dr Kua Kia Soong, director of SUARAM or Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Voice of the Malaysian People), issued a press statement calling on "progressive Malaysians, political parties and organisations to stand up for the rights of all LGBT and the abolition of our outdated sodomy laws."
Uganda’s “Kill the gays” bill is said to be inspired by an American ex-gay activist and author of Coming Out Straight who claims he has helped thousands of gays “become” straight.
Hong Kong’s first Mr Gay pageant attracted six brave men – four local, a Filipino and an American – who not only had to show their wares in swim, sports and formal wear; and had to charm the judges and the crowd.
Alex Au meets with Argentinian activist Marcelo Ferreyra and finds out more about the fight for same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires, where a court in the Argentinian capital made a precedent-setting decision to affirm a gay couple's right to be married under the city’s laws. "This is a fruit of a long period of organising and campaigning, news of which has rarely come to Asia," Au noted.
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