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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.

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.

Heroes of HIV, LGBT rights and community health work were among 10 people and organisations honoured at the 2019 Asia Pacific HERO Awards gala in Bangkok last Friday.

These barbarian punishments result from a sting operation by the authorities, with a total of 11 men charged with “an attempt at sexual intercourse against the order of nature”.