According to the latest survey of 300 lesbians in Beijing, only 21.8 percent said they would come out to their parents, and almost half said they had considered suicide while 16.5 per cent had attempted it.
Taipei gay activists have protested new draft blood donation legislation ahead of the city's third pride parade to be held this Saturday. In Nepal, gay rights organisation Blue Diamond Society highlights Police harassment and brutality against LGBTs while in landmark case in Russia, a court has ruled that a man cannot be denied a job because he is gay.
Malaysia's former DPM Anwar Ibrahim has threatened to sue his former boss Mahathir Mohamad for defamation after the latter accused Anwar of being gay. Following a deepening a rift over homosexuality, the Church of Nigeria has deleted all references to its British "mother" church from its constitution. In New York, a pair of famously gay penguins have spilt up after six years.
More womenparticularly those in their late teens and 20sare experimenting with bisexuality or at least feel more comfortable reporting same-sex encounters, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In receiving an Arts Supporter Award from the National Arts Council this week, Fridae has become the first gay organisation in Singapore to be recognised and honoured for its contributions to the local arts scene.
The UK Ministry of Defence has announced that lesbian and gay personnel in registered civil unions would now be able to access married quarters. In California, activists and politicians have delayed sending Gov. Schwarzenegger the bill in a bid to change his mind after he vowed to veto the same-sex marriage bill.
In its latest move to curb increasing HIV infection rates, China's Vice Health Minister said that his government must admit that MSM exist and cannot neglect the population. In California, Govornor Arnold Schwarzenegger must now decide whether to sign the gay marriage bill after the legislature approved it.
Last week, an appeals court in Fiji overturned a gay sex conviction on constitutional grounds shortly. In the US, anti-gay groups have called for a botcott of Starbucks over a gay quote used on a coffee cup, meanwhile New Orlean's Southern Decadence has become another casualty of Hurricane Katrina.
In the closeted diplomatic world of the United Nations, Brazil waved a rainbow flag, shocking Pakistan and Malaysia and others. Retired Canadian law professor Douglas Sanders thanks the land of Carnival and Carmen Miranda, even if it ducked when the going got tough.
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