The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) began distributing a flyer entitled “10 myths about homosexuality” saying gay people were more likely to contract STIs, suffer mental illness, indulge in substance abuse.
Malaysia's highest court rejected an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim against a 2014 sodomy conviction and upheld a five-year prison term that will likely end a political career marked by controversy.
Vietnam bans transgender players from participating in national women’s football championship and the Philippines-based pro-gaming organizer Garena eSports chose to limit the number of gay and transgender competitors in its all-female tournaments.
The film “Thanatos, Drunk (Zui Sheng Meng Si)” selected for the 65th Berlinale Panorama Fiction Feature Films follows the story of two brothers, one straight and one gay, as they struggle to find a foothold in life.
About 5,000 people participated in the January 31 parade and a substantial chunk was formed by the parents who came to support their children and each other.
Alex Au Waipan, 61, who runs the Yawning Bread blog is most likely to face a fine, jail time or both for criticizing the court’s handling of a challenge to the law criminalizing sex between men
Lawsuit is part of a wider push by the LGBT community to use the courts to seek fairer treatment under the law where same- sex relations was illegal until 1997
"Widespread publicity potentially exposes their families, loved ones and intimate partners to harm," says the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.
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