Fridae

The Transgender Day of Remembrance is often left out in many LGBT event calendars in Asia, with Malaysia being one of only three Asian countries to remember the dead this year, and Kuala Lumpur among 187 cities in 19 countries worldwide, writes Yuki Choe.

Published by Star Observer (Australia): The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) has called fo...

70 delegates including health sector officials, researchers, United Nations officials and community representatives representing 40 organisations in Hong Kong/Macau, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and China will convene at a landmark conference to be held in Singapore on Dec 2 & 3.

APCOM uses the occasion of World AIDS Day 2010 to sound a regional alarm about the unjust treatment of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people who not only have their basic human rights violated but are denied access to lifesaving HIV prevention, treatment and care.

For the first time activists in Thailand have formulated a set of demands in the form of an "Open Letter" to government. The demands were launched at the end of November in two events in Bangkok. Douglas Sanders reports.

Criticised in the past for declining to support gay marriage, Finance Minister Penny Wong – who’s Australia's first openly gay cabinet member – spoke in favour of a motion which calls on her party to support the legal right of same-sex couples to be married.

About 2,000 people marched in Delhi on Sunday, the first such event since male-to-male sex was legalised last year.

At 27, Song Jia-lun is the youngest of the three openly gay candidates running for seats as councillors in the Taiwan elections on Saturday. Despite her SM Queen nickname and actively campaigning to legalise sex work, her top issues are related to structural poverty, exploitation of workers, and challenges facing young people.

Wang Chung-ming is one of three openly gay candidates running for seats as councillors as 60 percent of Taiwan's 23 million people go to the polls on Saturday, Nov 27. He tells Fridae what led him to join the elections and how his "multiple identities work have worked in a very interesting way" for him.

For the first time in Taiwan, three openly gay candidates are gunning for seats as councillors in districts in Taipei City and Xinbei City during the special municipality elections on Nov 27.