Justin Ellis tracks down the organisers of the first gay pride march held in Manila in June 1994, and asks if marches are effective in creating awareness and pushing for LGBT civil rights.
Although it will not feature a parade, organisers have planned a smorgasbord of social events from film screenings to drag performances to sports competitions before culminating in Pride Day - an all-day, all-night event on Saturday, Jun 13, with an all-day BBQ, fashion show, games and a 'hot bod' contest.
Fridae meets Kit Hung, director of the award winning film, Soundless Wind Chime, which will hit Hong Kong screens in the summer, followed by cinemas in North America, the United Kingdom and Europe.
US President Barack Obama issued the following proclamation on June 1, 2009. This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots (in New York City) and is widely considered to be the start of the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.
Using data from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS) involving gay men in five large US cities, researchers found that over 50% of HIV transmissions in US gay men are from main sexual partners and 46% of infections were from partners who were believed to be HIV-negative.
Despite its reputation as a conservative society, South Korea's trans population is winning rights through the nation's courts. Matt Kelley and Mike Lee report from Seoul.
Nigel Collett reviews Wenqing Kang’s new book 'Obsession: Male Same-Sex Relations in China, 1900-1950' which spans the dissolution of the Qing Empire, the chaos of its successor regimes, the Guomingdang period and the war against Japan.
The California Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday to uphold Proposition 8 but also ruled that the the marriages of an estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who wed in the five-month window before the ban took effect will remain valid.
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