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A Hong Kong actor who said in an interview that he would respond with physical violence should another man express any attraction or interest towards him has resulted in a call to boycott the movie he is currently promoting.

Barred from giving a public talk at IndigNation in August, 2007, Professor Sanders returned to Singapore to give the same presentation at the Asian Law Schools conference in May.

A Catholic organisation in the United States spent an estimated three-quarters of a million dollars to buy advertisements in three major newspapers to attack homosexuality and same-sex marriage.

Despite the "passport" in its name, TV program Passport for Men has so far been a local operation focused only on Thailand but that's about to change with the addition of English subtitles.

Although South Korean society continues to resist acceptance of homosexuality, two new LGBTQ media projects and an annual queer pride parade last weekend suggest that the climate is warming a little on the Korean peninsula this spring.

It may have been a long time coming but the long awaited reform to allow same-sex couples to inherit each other's superannuation or pension may be further stalled despite being slated to take effect from July 1.

What is it that the LGBT community in Hong Kong seeks and how may it achieve it? The Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the University of Hong Kong hosted a forum with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Saturday 26 April and flew in an impressive panel of eminent jurists to discuss these basic questions. Nigel Collett reports on the session.

A new statistical study by Prof Femke Olyslager and Prof Emeritus Lynn Conway suggests Singapore rates for male-to-female transsexuals are over 1 in 2,000, whereas rates for female-to-male transsexuals are over 1 in 4,000.

Aside from the threat of life imprisonment if convicted, what are the effects of the existence of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code? Human rights activist and lawyer Arvind Narrain highlights the insidious impact of the 148-year-old law and its existence (or non-existence) as a cultural signifier.

Fridae's special New Delhi correspondent for the case, Mayur Suresh, reports on the proceedings of May 22.