Nepal wants a larger slice of the multibillion-dollar gay tourist market and is promoting the possibility of organising the world's highest same-sex 'weddings' at Everest base.
Speaking the same week as a play he is producing opens in New York, Sir Elton John told The Sunday Telegraph that a former lover threw himself to his death under a passing lorry because he could not reconcile his homosexuality with his Christian beliefs.
Gay singer Adam Lambert, who performed last weekend at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, spoke his mind about being visible and proud as a gay person.
The following report was produced by a team of five lawyers and civil rights activists after newspapers widely reported the story of Dr. SR Siras who had been unknowingly filmed in his home having consensual sex with another adult male and subsequently suspended by the university he works at.
A professor in an Indian university, who was filmed having consensual sex with another man, was suspended from his job last month after the matter was brought to the notice of the college authorities.
Over 80 academics from universities across India and elsewhere have signed an open letter in support of Dr. S R Siras, who was suspended from his university job, after being the victim of an alleged 'sting' operation in which he was filmed without his consent.
A Republican state senator comes out as gay days after he was reportedly seen at a gay nightclub in Sacramento before being arrested on drink driving charges the same night.
Following last week's protest outside the Taipei city government building by activists protesting a city council's memo to ban gay rights groups from primary and high schools, Taiwan's Ministry of Education said on Sunday that gay topics will find a place in elementary and secondary school textbooks from next year.
Most of the medications used in first and second line therapy of HIV in Singapore are not subsidised by the government and can cost up to US$1,000 per month; while many new life-saving, life-changing treatments are not available in Singapore. HIV/AIDS needs to be treated like any other disease with regards to treatment, says Dr Stuart Koe, CEO of Fridae and long-time AIDS activist.