Anti-gay activists in Russia have sued US pop star Madonna for about US$10.5 million, claiming they were offended by her support for gay rights during a recent concert in St. Petersburg and she had contravened Russian law by spreading homosexual "propaganda".
A large, randomised sample of 21-year-old Thai men has found that by far the largest risk factor for HIV infection is gay identity. Scientists found that compared with exclusive 'tops', 'versatile' gay men were 6.8 times more likely to have HIV and exclusive 'bottoms' 8.6 times more likely.
A 52-second animation featuring two plasticine characters recalling a teenage crush will not be shown at Landing Places, a multidisciplinary exhibition to be launched tonight and held in conjunction with IndigNation, Singapore's gay pride festival that runs until Aug 25.
More than 80 LGBT activists, representing 53 organisations and over 23 different regions in China attended the first ever national China LGBT Community Leader Conference in June. Watch Video here.
Despite having been harassed, threatened and faced with pending "kill the gays" laws, the LGBT community organised its first gay pride parade on Aug 4 in Entebbe.
Ten publicly out gay and lesbian athletes have won medals at the Olympic Games in London, reports SBNation, a network of online sports communities. It added that the argument against coming out as it will negatively affect an athlete's performance doesn't hold as over 43% of the out athletes (10 of the 23) won a medal at the Games.
A lesbian couple has become the first to wed in a same-sex Buddhist wedding ceremony in Taiwan; gay rights groups say they hope the island will become the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage.
HIV expert and author Elizabeth Pisani has been on a mission for over a decade to get policymakers to understand how real-world behaviours influence HIV transmission and to overhaul antiquated, ineffective prevention strategies. She speaks to Fridae about her work in Indonesia, trends in gay Asia, and more.
Can the recent LGBT pride parade and announcement by Vietnam's Justice Minister that the communist country may consider same-sex marriage be taken as signs of social liberalisation and/or progress on gay rights? Scott Long, a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School's Human Rights Program has more.
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