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People Like Us and gay email list, Signel, are planning to organise a gay forum and exhibition, as new regulations do not require organisers to apply for a permit.

As a protest against the Australian Government's gay marriage ban, a group of gay men has declared an uninhabited island "The Gay & Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands."

India's gay community has expressed outrage over the sensationalistic reportage of the grisly murders of two alleged gay men over the weekend.

Action for AIDS, Singapore notes that MSM accounted for 78.6 percent of all the positive results at its Anonymous HIV Testing and Counselling Centre from January to June 2004.

The California Supreme Court ruled that all of the 4,000 same-sex weddings performed in February and March had no standing under state law and are "void and of no legal effect from their inception."

The eagerly anticipated Nation party in Singapore is set to attract a record number of revellers at the signature event to be held at Sentosa Musical Fountain on Aug 8, the eve of the country's National Day.

Gay activists in Thailand are organising themselves to defend Bangkok's reputation as Asia's gay tourism capital.

Gays and lesbians in Hong Kong will be covered by sexual orientation discrimination legislation sooner rather than later if a survey to be conducted by early next year indicates more than 50 per cent of the public supports such a law. Tim Cribb reports.

Despite the Singapore Censorship Review Committee's recommendations to relax its ban on gay-themed movies and publications, it's still a no go for Taiwanese gay movie Formula 17 and Hindi lesbian film Girlfriend.

Action for AIDS' MSM Programme is appealing to MSM in Singapore to participate in a survey to better plan appropriate intervention measures to deal with rapidly rising HIV infection rates.