A debate is heating up in South Korea over homosexuality in the military as the country's National Human Rights Commission declares the current military code that imposes a one year jail term to be a violation of soldiers' rights.
Navanethem Pillay, the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, says it's time society spoke up against homophobia and hates crimes, and calls for homosexuality to be decriminalised.
Julya Oui, a transgender writer in Kuala Lumpur, shares how she came to be involved with Seksualiti Merdeka – Malaysia's only sexuality rights festival that was held last week – and found a new family after her plan to leave the country was thwarted by immigration authorities.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled last Thursday that Russia's ban on gay parades is illegal and ordered the government to pay a fine and damages amounting to about US$41,000.
LGBT Singaporeans cite the repeal of Section 377A, legal recognition of same-sex relationships and job discrimination as their top three concerns, according to the first ever poll of LGBT citizens on what will influence their votes.
US President Barack Obama said Thursday that he believed being gay or transsexual was not a lifestyle choice but genetically determined; his administration however supports the military in pressing on with its 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy despite having consistently argued against the ban.
About 100 members of the opposition Islamic party's youth wing and other groups protested as Adam Lambert performed for some 10,000 fans at the Kuala Lumpur stopover of his Glam Nation tour.
Jerome Kugan, co-organiser of the annual Seksualiti Merdeka festival, tells Fridae that because homosexuality is a taboo topic in Malaysia, "lying low is not the answer” and is exactly why the community needs a space to have open dialogues about sex, sexual identity and rights.
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