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An Indonesian mayor has reprimanded a hardline Muslim group targeting homosexuals in the country’s third largest city, Bandung.

The sixth ILGA Asia was held in the city of Taipei, Taiwan, late last month

After an incident in which openly gay Chan was insulted on the city's MTR went viral, he has officially launched a complaint.

A renowned gay sauna in South Korea's capital is said to have banned old, unattractive foreigners.

A ward in Tokyo is offering partnership certificates to gay couples but a university has scraped cross-dressing events

Khong has repeatedly urged the government to retain its colonial-era anti-gay sex law and championed the LoveSingapore network of churches to lobby against gay equality in Singapore. He once called the LGBT rights movement the 'onslaught of the evil one.'

  Japanese lawmakers are to examine issues and challenges the community face and find ways to legally rectify it.

There are few places LGBT family members can turn to because there is already widespread social discrimination. Asian families are among the worst perpetrators of violence against family members who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual , say rights activists.

Vietnam bans transgender players from participating in national women’s football championship and the Philippines-based pro-gaming organizer Garena eSports chose to limit the number of gay and transgender competitors in its all-female tournaments.

Some rights activists welcome the decision to include a clause in the new constitution to ensure fairer legal treatment while others remain skeptical.