Gigi Chao says in an interview that she's a "really lucky girl to have such a loving daddy" and that his views is not based on his own non-acceptance but society's non-acceptance of same-sex couples.
Fridae's Hong Kong Correspondent Nigel Collett speaks to Pink Season Coordinator Tay Her Lim and gives readers a preview of the events happening in conjunction with the 2nd annual Pink Season in Hong Kong.
Over 1,000 people participated in three “flash mob” dance events held simultaneously in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang on Sunday afternoon to increase the visibility of the LGBT community.
Call Me Kuchu, a powerful documentary about the struggle against Uganda’s "Kill the Gays bill" and which follows several LGBT activists including David Kato before he was murdered in 2011, will be screened at the Freedom Film Festival that runs this weekend in Petaling Jaya (Selangor), Penang on Oct 6 and Singapore on Oct 28.
After days of heated debate that saw one Liberal Party senator resign after linking same-sex marriage to bestiality, the bill was defeated with 42 MPs supporting the passage of the bill and 98 MPs against.
A new UN report Born Free and Equal presents the UN's new view that LGBT Rights are part of international human rights law. The report tells many grim stories of abuse – but equally, there are appealing pictures of gay parades and rainbow flags. Douglas Sanders reports.
NGO representatives have rejected the draft of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration as LGBTQs and other minorities get no mention at all in the draft which has been set for ratification by the regional bloc's 10 member-states at their summit in Cambodia this November.
The guide to "help" parents in Malaysia identify gay and lesbian "symptoms" in their children says one indication is that gay men have muscular bodies and like to show their body by wearing V-neck and sleeveless clothes, among other clues.
In what organisers have dubbed to be a first for South Asia, Nepal will host a LGBTI sports festival in Kathmandu from October 12 to 14 that will see the participation of at least 200 local amateur athletes from the LGBTI community and some 150 foreign athletes from 17 countries.
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