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The Hong Kong government is said to have conducted its own surveys in 2012, which found that a majority of respondents support having a law against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, though the results of the survey remain a secret. Fridae's Hong Kong correspondent Nigel Collett outlines what's stopping the government from implementing anti-discrimination laws to protect LGBTs.

Singapore High court Justice Quentin Loh today upheld the law which criminalises sex between men.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as well as ministers from Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, France, the Netherlands and Norway, and senior officials from Japan, New Zealand and the European Union were at the first ever ministerial-level meeting to protect the human rights of LGBT people around the world.

Despite Pope Francis's recent pronouncements that the Catholic church should stop focusing on gay issues, the Catholic Church has reportedly threatened legal action should an art gallery in Rome decide to go ahead with its exhibition of photographs showing same-sex couples sharing kisses in churches.

Barilla, one of the best known pasta brands around the world, has found itself in hot water after its president said in an interview this week that the company wouldn't feature same-sex couples in his commercials because he prefers the "classic" family.

Meet the five Mr Gay Hong Hong finalists: Edward Chao, Tommy Leung, Anthony Pura, Ernest Kam and Michael Morrill. Vote for who you think should be crowned Mr Gay Hong Kong 2013 on 19 October!

Gay actor Jim Parsons won the Emmy for lead actor in a comedy series for his role in The Big Bang Theory for the third time while Modern Family's winning streak continued for its fourth year; Behind The Candelabra won three awards at the the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night.

Bangladesh rejects United Nations recommendation to decriminalise its anti-gay sex law at the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva last Friday.

Dozens of Italian lawmakers locked lips in support of a measure to prevent anti-LGBTQ discrimination during a parliamentary debate last week.

The Thai Ministry of Justice announced that it would work with the House of Representatives Committee on Laws, Justice and Human Rights to push draft legislation on civil unions for same-sex couples.