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The first Mr Gay China will be crowned next Friday in Beijing and will represent the country in Oslo, Norway next month at the Mr Gay World Ambassador meet. Vote for your favourite contestant on Fridae now!

Despite being shunned by his community, the devout Muslim and PhD candidate in Economics began a new area of study in Islam and homosexuality, and hopes for Muslims to rethink the possibility of consensual, supportive relationships as opposed to violent homosexual rape which he says is what the frequently referred to story of Lut (or Lot) in the Qur'an is about.

Does international refugee law give some protection to LGBT individuals? Douglas Sanders gives an overview.

In what could be the first publicly known case of it's kind in Korea and possibly Asia, a gay man who fled his home country for fear of being persecuted because of his sexual orientation has been granted refugee status by a Seoul court.

If you are a man who has sex with other men, or a transgendered person, we invite you to participate in our community-driven survey. Participation is open to all those living in Asia.

The international Federation of Gay Games seeks to raise an additional US$20,000 to send another 10 athletes and artists from Indonesia, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, and Sri Lanka (on top of the 34 who have already secured funding) to the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany.

From the well publicised Valentine's Day Photo Shoot in Beijing to Shanghai Pride - the first pride festival in mainland China to the opening of the first government-sponsored gay bar in Dali, Yunnan, China Daily recaps a dozen LGBT-related events in the country.

A gay couple, whose marriage plans were thwarted by city officials in Buenos Aires earlier this month due to conflicting rulings, was successfully married by welcoming officials at the southernmost tip of South America.

Among other things, the survey found that 31% of respondents did not using condoms consistently with a regular male partner, and 21% did not use condoms consistently with their casual male partners.

A local court says there is enough evidence against the father for him to stand trial for the rape of his son.