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Taiwan is often described as Asia’s most gay-friendly place, not least after becoming the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage.

The survey was commissioned by the university’s Sexualities Research Programme and involved a sample of 1,058 Chinese-speaking people aged 18 or above, who were contacted between September 16th and 25th last year.

Online gay communities in China are lauding e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd for releasing a subtle ad that appears to feature a gay couple returning home for the Lunar New Year.

Beijing (Bloomberg) - China's top legislative body has been advised to legalise same-sex marriage in the updated civil code, The Global Times reported on Friday (Dec 20).

LGBT activists in Thailand  are broadening their push for an amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code in a bid to allow people to legally wed, regardless of gender.

A trans woman brought her case against the government to a court in Tokyo, arguing that her workplace discriminated against her when it limited the bathrooms that she could use.

Ahead of this year’s Miss Universe pageant, 20-year-old Swe Zin Htet made the brave decision to come out as gay, despite same-sex relationships still being criminalised in her home country Myanmar.

However, the study also found evidence of persistent stigma, discrimination, violence and exclusion.

Indonesia’s human rights commission condemned on Monday the attorney general’s office (AGO) for barring LGBT people from applying for posts because it [the AGO] did not want people with what it called “sexual orientation deviations”. 

Patrick Sun, founder of Hong Kong-based Sunpride Foundation, said he picked Taipei and Bangkok as venues because of their more liberal attitudes toward homosexuality.