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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).

Hong Kong Chinese respondents to a survey say fear of rejection is the main reason they conceal their gay identities from their families. The unwillingness of gay men in Hong Kong to practise safe sex or disclose they have HIV are big factors in the rapid growth in HIV infection rates in the city.

Japan’s law regulators label the failure to recognise same-sex unions a 'serious human rights violation’.

However, in 2008, the country voted to make same-sex marriage illegal.

The event, held in Hong Kong, looks at the range of struggles and successes faced by non-traditional families in the Asia-Pacific region.

Facebook initially removed the Singapore-based group, but then allowed the page to be reinstated a day later.

The businesswoman is seen as one of the most significant campaigners for LGBT rights in Hong Kong.

'Love, Simon' follows the coming-out story of a 17-year-old in the US

South Korea's nascent LGBT rights movement is coming up against stiff opposition from conservative Christian groups.

  Bill states that monks who are “sexually deviant” can be imprisoned for up to one month if they cause “harm and disgrace” to Buddhism.