Following recent reports that the Islamic Development may take stern action against Azwan Ismail who came out in a YouTube video, a spokesperson now says the organisation has "no power to take legal action."
Uganda's notorious Pastor Martin Ssempa is one of eight anti-gay Christian activists who have been charged for allegedly conspiring to blackmail and injure the reputation of another pastor by accusing him of sexual assault of another man.
A gay man, who was attacked outside a gay bar in downtown Austin, Texas and in the presence of at least 20 onlookers – some of whom are likely to be gay men, say he is shocked that no one tried to help him and his friend.
Tanwarin Sukkapisit says her latest film about a transgender 'father' of two children has been banned, twice, because it's a serious film – as transgender females on Thai television are widely considered acceptable but only for laughs.
Often a subject of criticism for their apparent distance from the gay community, Lawrence Ho and Steven Khouw – the publicity-shy Directors of Propaganda, the territory's longest-standing gay bar and its new offshoot, Psychic Jack – reveal more about their history and community involvement in an exclusive interview with Fridae.com's Nigel Collett.
Spearheaded by Otto Fong, a former teacher who made the news headlines in 2007 when he came out as gay on his blog, this video is described as a "gift for GLBT youths from the GLBT community in Singapore."
Pang Khee Teik, one of Malaysia's most recognisable sexuality rights activists, shares his journey from being a schoolboy in Singapore who was often bullied by his classmates to undergoing reparative therapy at a church for 12 years to self-acceptance as a gay man.
UN member states voted on Tuesday to restore a controversial reference to sexual orientation in a resolution against the unjustified killing of minority groups after it was removed last month at the urging of Arab and African nations.
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