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As Thailand is currently debating civil unions which will offer same-sex couples the same legal rights as heterosexual married couples, a pioneer LGBT activist has urged others to not to get trapped in a debate with Buddhists on whether Buddhism allows same-sex marriage, to avoid complicating matters.

Engineering MNC Arup's inaugural LGBT diversity meeting on August 1 is open to employees of other companies in the built environment industry, including engineers and architects, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The 9th edition of IndigNation, Singapore's LGBT pride season, features 10 events including talks, panel discussions, a picnic, book readings and more.

The LGBT Rights Network is expected to deliver their complaint to the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission tomorrow before filing a lawsuit next week after the police allegedly abused, assaulted and stripped the detainees while in custody.

Watch "From Me to We: 5 Years with the Beijing LGBT Center" which chronicles the beginning and evolution of the non-profit organisation which provides health services, organises social activities and advocacy programs to increase the visibility of the LGBT community within Chinese society and to raise consciousness among LGBT individuals.

Jiyi Wu (吳芷儀) and Abbygail Wu (吳伊婷), who are both transgender women and describe themselves as a genderqueer couple, are fighting to have their marriage reinstated after the country’s Ministry of the Interior (MOI) earlier this year stripped the pair of their legally married status.

Many gay men who watch pornography enjoy and sometimes prefer material in which condoms are not used, but have some anxieties about the potential effects of bareback porn on their own sexual behaviour.

Same-sex marriage is now officially legal in England and Wales after the Queen symbolically gave her royal stamp of approval.

The flames of homophobia are burning in Nigeria. The latest version of the deceptively named "Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill” has dangerously resurfaced.

Join a panel discussion in Bangkok featuring LGBT activist Anjana Suvarnananda, Danai Linjongrat of the Rainbow Sky Association, UNESCO Bangkok's Prempreeda Pramoj Na Ayutthaya and MP Wiratana Kalayasiri who will discuss the draft law and Thai society's attitude toward same-sex unions. Members of the public are welcome.