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Unnoticed and unmourned, the pride parades in Thailand have come to an end. What happened? Doug Sanders reports from Bangkok.

Fridae’s Hong Kong correspondent Nigel Collett meets with one of the city’s most prominent gay activists, Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung, who became active in gay and HIV/AIDS activism after being diagnosed with AIDS just months after his A-level exams.

The Health Ministry on Tuesday posted a 5-page document - believed to be the first of its kind - on its website to regulate gender reassignment surgery.

‘’The more visibility there is, the more likely we're going to see backlash…” said the executive director of a US watchdog group that recorded 29 bias-related killings last year, along with an increase in the severity of violence perpetuated towards LGBTs.

Main event on Saturday a success despite brief police presence; festival raises RMB 15,380 (USD2,250) for Chi Heng Foundation.

The Korea Queer Culture Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary over the weekend with its largest-ever march through downtown Seoul. But as South Korea’s LGBT activists celebrate over a decade of queer community organising, funding cuts and a hostile political environment threaten its future. Matt Kelley reports from Seoul.

First in a series of six articles on living with HIV/AIDS - this first-hand account of what it is like to be gay and HIV+ is written by Singaporean SL Yang, who has lived with the virus for more than 10 years.

A Shanghai Pride festival spokesperson speaks to Fridae about the forced the cancellation of a play about a gay hate crime and two movie screenings - although one has found a new venue and will go on tonight.

Two events at the ongoing festival have reportedly been cancelled by the authorities.

Although figures from the Health Ministry showing new HIV cases among MSM in Singapore to be at an all time high, two sets of data are showing the HIV prevalence rate among MSM in Singapore to be relatively low.