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Impressions from the 2009 Out & Equal Workplace Summit held in Orlando, 6-9 October 2009.

The International Lesbian and Gay Association (now known as International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association) - more international than ever - held its 30th anniversary conference in elegant Vienna. But the conference had problems. Doug Sanders reports.

Keep the message short and simple. Keep it one that millions of gay and bisexual people can embrace, through their own personal experience, so that they can confidently go out to change minds.

The Blue Diamond Society in Nepal breaks new ground in LGBT publishing. Doug Sanders, fresh from a BDS conference, reports on an unique tabloid designed to deliver LGBTI news to an mainstream audience.

Fridae speaks to one of the stars of the Singapore Biennale art exhibition, Australian queer activist/artist Deborah Kelly and finds out more about activism through art and her latest work called "Beware of the God" which warns against the influence of religion on politics.

People Like Us, a gay and lesbian group, are inviting submissions for The Rascals Prize, the first ever award for research work related to the subject of LGBT and Singapore.

Fridae's Delhi correspondent Mayur Suresh reports on the three pride marches in the capital, Bangalore and Kolkatta on Jun 29 - the first time it has been coordinated on a national scale.

Three cities in India - New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore - are expected to hold the largest ever display of gay pride in the country as the Delhi High Court is set to resume hearings on India's sodomy law in early July.

Hong Kong's Tongzhi Community Joint Meeting, the coalition representing all Hong Kong's LGBT groups, has come back to life after a several year hiatus. Nigel Collett finds out the changes that has taken place and what's next for the coalition.

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.