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  The temple in Kyoto is the first Zen Buddhist temple to officiate symbolic ceremonies between same-sex couples in the country.

  Taiga Ishikawa, 40, from the Social Democratic Party is eager to promote the legalization of same-sex marriage if he is successful in his debut at national level politics.

This is a pivotal moment for equality in sport because the Olympic Movement has now stood up and officially recognized gay, lesbian and bi athletes and fans, say LGBT groups.

A United States panel has stopped short of easing a ban on gay men donating blood, a move media says would have helped curb discrimination against gay men and drop a law that is needlessly restrictive.

After Mayor's decision not to sign charter that protected rights of LGBTs, activists stage sit-in at Seoul City Hall

The appeal of Boy’s Love comic stories is seen as unlike romance between a boy and girl that comes with pressures such as pregnancy which can negate the purity of romantic desire.

  Activists say the EU’s selection of an anti-gay academic speaker in Singapore is contrary to both the EU and the UN’s stance on LGBT rights.

  The hook-up app is considered as public service in conveying information to the LGBT community about HIV and shows that people in China are beginning to be more tolerant towards gay people.

  Seoul Metropolitan Government fails to enact human rights charter due to pressures from anti-gay groups over inclusion of sexual identity or orientation clause.

  Hundreds of Indians took part in a gay parade in the capital New Delhi for the first time since the Supreme Court reinstated a colonial-era ban on same-sex relations.