As Taiwan seeks to become the first region in Asia to legalise same-sex marriages, Vice President Annette Lu has angered gay rights activists and politicians when she suggested that AIDS was God's punishment for homosexuality.
One of Australia's most senior Islamic clerics is under police investigation after receiving complaints that he incited members of his congregation to attack gays.
Southeast Asia's Anglicans have rejected the consecration of homosexual Bishop Gene Robinson, joining a conservative backlash in the Church and announcing they have "broken communion" with the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA).
In a clear break with the Catholic Church and other mostly pro-abstinence religious quarters, which recently claimed condoms offered no guarantee against HIV/AIDS, the European Union last week released results of numerous studies showing that condoms are effective barriers against the virus.
HIV continues to spread amongst gay men in high-income countries and safer sex warnings are falling on deaf ears, according to the 2003 AIDS epidemic update published by UNAIDS.
Queen Elizabeth II of the UK has announced in her annual speech that MPs will debate the issue of civil partnerships for same sex couples in the coming session.
A 'conversion/reparative therapy' seminar organised by the Singapore chapter of the US-linked Focus on the Family will still go on despite protests by local activists.
Organisers of what was to be the 2006 Gay Games have said that they will continue with a similar event after severing their relationship with the official Federation of Gay Games on Tuesday.
A top mainland China university is offering a graduate course on homosexuality in what is seen as an encouraging sign that the authorities are willing to consider recognising gays and lesbians in the world's most populous country. Tim Cribb reports in Hong Kong.
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