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Tim Cook, who's ranked No.1 on Out magazine's list of America's most influential gays and lesbians this year, has been named the new CEO of Apple.

"Privacy aside, is a question on someone's sexuality really so negative and undeserving of a response?" Asked The China Post in an editorial following a public debate with gay and women's groups expressing their outrage after a would-be presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen was asked to clarify her sexual orientation.

Many people who are out as gay, lesbian or bisexual to their friends and families may still face a dilemma about whether to come out at work. Former schoolteacher Otto Fong, social worker and trainer Leow Yangfa and businessman Joshua Yim share their personal experiences.

"Not every gay man is the same gay man," Adam Lambert says he will talk about "relationships and personal experiences" but not "certain political and civil rights issues."

Shinen Wong recalls his coming out to his parents some seven years ago.

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.

While expressing his frustration at being pigeonholed as a gay actor, the British comedian-actor-novelist also criticised those who heap praise on straight actors for their "bravery" in playing gay roles.

What's next for parents? Increasingly in China, parents of gay children are not only accepting their sexuality but trying to help other families in the same situation support each other, Dinah Gardner reports.

A Singapore teacher who posted a blog entry about his being gay on Saturday evening found himself having to remove it on Monday due to intense scrutiny and pressure from the Ministry of Education (MOE).

A group that was set up to "expose the ex-gay ministries as a hoax" warns of a soon to be released bogus study that will prove the "success" of ex-gay therapy and urges ex-gay groups to "back up their outrageous tales of transformation."