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A former American academic specializing in gender and sexuality studies has pleaded guilty to raping and molesting underage boys in the Philippines.

  A gay rabbi from England living in Israel was installed as the leader of Adat Shalom Emanuel in Rehovot, the only non-Orthodox synagogue in the city.

  Malaysian religious police arrested a lesbian couple after raiding a hotel room in Johor Baru where they were staying, media reported.

  Overseas talented workers are shying away from moving to Hong Kong because of the city’s lack of protection for LGBT people, says a senior British diplomat.

    A man who sued a clinic in China for carrying out “gay cures” is petitioning the World Health Organization to condemn and ban “gay conversion” therapies worldwide.

  A Gallup Poll survey of global attitudes toward the LGBT community shows that in many Asian countries questions regarding gay and lesbian people were even too sensitive to be asked.

  Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (HKLGFF) will be held from Sept 13th to 26th, 2014. It promises to bring the finest films to Hong Kong audiences; raising public awareness on LGBT related issues in the region and beyond. 

  Taiwan is officially wooing gay tourists in the hope of becoming Asia’s top tourist destination in a region that is often openly hostile towards gay people.

Delhi University has officially accepted transgender men and women for their postgraduate programmers this year and have plans to extend this policy to undergraduate courses as well.

  Despite a law that criminalizes same-sex relations and anti-gay prejudices, Singapore has over the years shown that it is becoming more tolerant towards the gay community.