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.
Nine members of a street gang grabbed two 17-year-old boys and lured a 30-year-old man, who is romantically linked to the two teens, to an abandoned house where they brutally tortured and sexually abused their victims.
Thousands of Serbian riot police clashed repeatedly with far-right extremists determined to disrupt the gay pride parade on Sunday in Belgrade – the first since 2001. Reports say more than 100 people, mostly police, were injured, with another 100 arrested.
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