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Newly declassified UK naval documents reveals that possibly 50% of its servicemen have sinned homosexually at some time in their naval service life and many had visited brothels in Singapore and Bermuda in the 60s.

Malaysian authorities raided a lounge in Johor where a drag queen contest was being held; 80 dragqueens arrested.

The new HIV/AIDS laws introduced will not only protect infected people and their families from discriminatory practices in the areas of employment, education, and health care rights but also put in place duties and obligation of HIV/AIDS patients.

Despite reports of financial difficulties, organisers maintain that the Sydney 2002 International Gay Games would go ahead on Saturday as planned.

A Malaysian businesswoman, Ummi Hafilda Ali, will take up PM Mahathir Mohamad's call to prove her allegations that Puteri UMNO chief Azalina Othman is a lesbian.

A prominent Chinese AIDS campaigner who was reported as missing while detained for allegedly leaking state secrets through his work has successfully registered his HIV/AIDS service organisation as a NGO with the Chinese government.

A new study has shown that while gay teenage boys are more likely than heterosexual boys to have symptoms of eating disorders, lesbian and bisexual girls are less likely to do so.

To discourage prisoners from having gay relations, the Thai government has announced plans to experiment with a 'co-ed' prison, allowing male and female inmates to mingle for a limited period and under close watch.

For the first time, an openly gay man who is a veteran gay rights activist, former military man and college professor is about to become a member of Israel's parliament despite (predictable) outrage from Orthodox Jewish politicians.

A 23-year-old Bangkok man and his 20-year-old lover have been charged with killing the former's father and grandmother.