The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has compiled 15 documented cases of killings and rapes of lesbians; and demands an immediate police investigation into the pattern of the violent murders.
Pang Khee Teik, co-founder of Malaysia's only sexuality rights festival, Seksualiti Merdeka, writes in an open letter to the community after hearing from many that they were "doing just fine" but are now under scrutiny after Seksualiti Merdeka 'decided' to fight for LGBT rights publicly.
Two California men pleaded guilty to indecent exposure in the Caribbean island of Dominica after they were arrested on suspicion of the local equivalent of sodomy, which prohibits sex between two men.
Without citing any details or source, an UMNO/Barisan Nasional MP told Parliament that three out of every 10 men in Malaysia is gay and called on the government to establish a gay rehab center to 'combat' homosexuality.
The India government said it fully accepts the Delhi high court landmark 2009 verdict, which decriminalised consensual gay sex between adults in private.
Lawmakers in Russia's second largest city, St Petersburg, passed a bill on Wednesday imposing fines for spreading gay "propaganda" among minors, a law critics said would effectively ban any gay pride events and could be used to clamp down on the LGBT community.
In 2011, moviegoers in Manila went wild for the campy gay horror film Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington. Director Jade Castro and screenwriter Raymond Lee share their tales of creating the hit that grossed over 37 million pesos (US$800,000) at the box-office, and how the movie is in fact an "activist film" although some critics say it made light of anti-gay hate crimes.
Life is never easy when you are alone in a foreign country, let alone if you are a lesbian in Hong Kong, where the lesbian scene is preciously rare. In a city like Hong Kong, where people come and go so quickly and going out for drinks is almost the only option if you want to meet, how did Lee Harlem Robinson manage to lead a promiscuous life? Fridae’s reporter Tony Ed Lo speaks with Hannelore Arbyn, the person behind the story.
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