Fridae

For some, being gay is full of excitement, parties and unapologetic love. but one often forgets that depending on your location or your social background, your sexuality, true essence of your identity, could get you bullied, fired or even killed. .

Singapore Pastor and anti-gay activist Lawrence Khong has revealed himself as behind an online anti-gay petition to remove information from the Public Health Bureau’s website and is most likely responsible for a guide on how to support Article 377A, which also surfaced this week.

Host of Hong Kong lesbian social community, Les Peches, and local LGBT campaigner asked to leave podium “because it’s for ladies”

A Hong Kong newspaper has unearthed a discriminatory code of ethics implemented by an Internationl School in Hong Kong.

Aibai Culture & Education Center is a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing critical information on the Chinese speaking LGBT community. Here are the results of a survey the conducted last year in regards to being LGBT in the Chinese workplace.

A group of activists in Singapore has launched a campaign and appeal for donations to support a gay man who has taken his former employer to court for allegedly terminating his employment on the grounds of sexual orientation, and is now seeking a court declaration that Article 12 of the Constitution which guarantees all persons equal protection of the law will also apply to gay men and lesbians.

A gay man, who had brought a suit against his former employer last year claiming that he was harassed to leave his job because he is gay, has today filed an application at the High Court for constitutional protection against workplace discrimination of gay men.

Legislative Council (LegCo) member Cyd Ho Sau-lan is planning to move a motion on Wednesday, Nov 7, to urge the Government to conduct a public consultation on legislation to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Fridae's Hong Kong correspondent Nigel Collett provides a long list of examples where the Hong Kong government is seen to have discriminated against its citizens on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and says it's time the government shows leadership and roots out the discrimination practised in its ranks.

Ladlad, a LGBT political party, has called the regulation which bans gay and lesbian prison wardens from frisking and conducting strip searches on jail visitors of the same sex “a clear case of discrimination”.