At least five gay men have reported being attacked by several men – although it's too early to know if it's the same attackers involved – last week in the South Korean capital city of Seoul.
Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam wants to amend Syariah laws to deal with gay men and lesbians although Malacca's Syariah laws already criminalise "intentional anal sex", "attempted intentional anal sex" and “sexual relations... against the order of nature”.
Pioneering gay Singaporean writer Andrew Koh is back in town. On Wed, Nov 9, he’ll be giving a reading from his award-winning novel Glass Cathedral. Ng Yi-Sheng chats with the Sydney-based nurse and writer about the "non-reception" he received despite winning a Commendation Award in the Singapore Literature Prize in 1994 and his new career in Chinese medicine.
The week-old Bali Medika Clinic will provide confidential medical check-ups, screenings for sexually transmitted diseases, CD4 testing and antiretroviral treatment, and a range of other services specifically targeted at men who have sex with men and other at-risk groups.
With the festival being slammed by religious groups and even a Malay Supremacist organisation, Deputy-inspector general of police Khalid Abu Bakar has declared a blanket ban on all events related to the 'Seksualiti Merdeka' festival.
British Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Perth in October did not adopt sweeping recommendations for change that included calling for the repeal of anti-homosexual criminal laws. We are not surprised. But the door has not been slammed shut. Doug Sanders reports.
Nearly 100 African NGOs and activists have appealed to the British government not to cut aid to African countries after British PM David Cameron threatened to seek to reduce foreign aid to Commonwealth countries which persecute gays.
Jennifer Chang, one-half of a lesbian couple who left their San Francisco home in June to travel the world for a year in search of “Supergays” who are creating change for the LGBTQ community, shares her experiences about negotiating coming out to her extended family in Taipei.
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