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The resolution was passed narrowly with 23 votes in favour, 19 against and three abstentions. Today's resolution is the first UN resolution ever to bring specific focus to human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Two years into full-time theatrical work, Clifton Kwan is plunging head first into developing his career. Raymond Ko talks to the gay Hong Kong actor/producer about himself and about his latest play Mars.

The newly proposed criminal code in Nepal is reported to contain provisions which will criminalise "unnatural" sexual acts including same-sex sexual relations. Fridae speaks to Sunil Pant, an activist and Nepal’s first openly gay MP, about the impact of the new laws if approved.

Seven years after it was first performed, Joey Leung and Alvin Wong’s The Queer Show, which is playing from July 14-24, has became a landmark in the Hong Kong’s comedy scene. Raymond Ko of Fridae.com talks to Joey Leung about his show and his life.

Google Singapore has become the first international company to officially support Pink Dot 2011. Fridae speaks with Google's Ann Lavin and finds out how Google Singapore came to support the event, its commitment to workplace diversity and what they really mean when they say "being yourself is a job requirement".

Jonas Bagas, gay activist and the civil society representative of the official Philippine delegation to the United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS in New York, reports that the country's official HIV registry is not only showing an unusual rise in HIV deaths, but of deaths among young MSMs due to AIDS-related complications that are circulating within the gay, bisexual and transgendered community.

The declaration is the first General Assembly statement on AIDS to explicitly include men who have sex with men (MSM), breaking a pervasive silence about this population at the official level and creating unprecedented opportunities for advocacy to promote MSM health and human rights.

Rev Dr Yap Kim Hao, a former Bishop of The Methodist Church in Singapore and Malaysia who appears as himself in the recent Pink Dot promotional video, underscores the importance of self-acceptance among LGBT people, and accepting others in the community by embracing difference and celebrating diversity.

Relatives of Kirk Murphy, who took his own life in 2003 at age 38, reveals the damage done to their brother who at age 5 was enrolled in an experimental programme run by discredited psychologist George Rekers to 'treat' his feminine behaviour.

What do the polls tell us about public attitudes on sexual orientation issues? Mainly they show the huge gaps between countries like Germany and India. Doug Sanders looks at the latest report.