For the fourth year in succession, Singapore's LGBT Pride Season opens tonight with an open house cocktail reception. The 2-week long event will run till Aug 19.
A Bombay High Court judge's recent remarks supporting a review of the dreaded Section 377 has offered activists some encouragement as the case has been scheduled to be heard by the Delhi High Court on Sep 18 and 19.
Four transvestites arrested in a raid at a beauty pageant held in a Kelantan resort have appealed a one-week jail sentence imposed by a Syariah (Islamic) court for "dressing as women."
A 26-year-old Turkish student who died after being shot outside a caf near Istanbul last week is believed by friends to be a victim of the first gay "honour killing" recorded in the country.
The 17th annual Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival kicked off its two-weekend run last Friday to a packed house. Prominent guests including A Jihad for Love director Parvez Sharma discuss challenges of LGBTs gaining social acceptance. Kimberly Hughes reports from Tokyo.
The only queer film festival to be held in a predominantly Muslim country, the Q! Film Festival will be held in the capital city of Jakarta, Bali and Surabaya this year; followed by Bandung and Yogjakarta next year.
An Australian court has ruled that it's not illegal to be an "annoyance" after activists in Sydney challenged "draconian" laws that outlaw condom distribution, and T-shirts and placards that could "annoy" Catholic pilgrims.
Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsny has called for a rally against extremists following a violent clash between protesters, marchers and the police at the Budapest pride parade - the worst in its 12-year history.
Fridae's Delhi correspondent Mayur Suresh reports on the three pride marches in the capital, Bangalore and Kolkatta on Jun 29 - the first time it has been coordinated on a national scale.
Journalist/songwriter Dr Ng King Kang publishes his second book on homosexuality in Singapore, a compilation of results from a survey of political and social attitudes towards gay men since 1990.
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