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Showdown in Singapore over gay-rights rally

A showdown between Singapore's religious conservatives and a growing gay-rights movement is shaping up ahead of a weekend rally celebrating sexual diversity in the city-state. A showdown between Singapore's religious conservatives and a growing gay-rights movement is shaping up ahead of a weekend rally celebrating sexual diversity in the city-state. The...

Beaten and Jailed: What Malaysia is Doing to Trans Women is Unconscionable

Human rights groups are increasingly concerned that Malaysia is allowing violence and persecution of its trans citizens, with women being imprisoned under archaic laws and facing violent futures. Human rights groups are increasingly concerned that Malaysia is allowing violence and persecution of its trans citizens, with women being imprisoned under...

Singapore backs call to destroy gay-themed books

Singapore - A children's book inspired by a real-life story of two male penguins raising a baby chick in New York's zoo has been deemed inappropriate by state-run Singapore libraries Singapore - A children's book inspired by a real-life story of two male penguins raising a baby chick in New...

Dispatches: Same-Sex Penguins Threaten Singapore

And Tango Makes Three is a children’s book about two adult male penguins who hatch an egg and raise a youngster. I And Tango Makes Three is a children’s book about two adult male penguins who hatch an egg and raise a youngster. It is based on the true story...

Vietnam’s First Generation of LGBT Pride

On a sweltering Saturday afternoon in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city, 13 bands from around Southeast Asia took to the stage in downtown Hanoi for the second annual ASEAN Music Festival, held May 24. From its inaugural year, the crowd had more than doubled in size to over 4,000 attendees. The...

Archie comic barred from sale in Singapore due to same-sex marriage depiction

SINGAPORE - An Archie comic book depicting a same-sex marriage has been barred from sale in Singapore after a complaint from a member of the public, and the National Library Board (NLB) is reviewing its currently available copies. SINGAPORE - An Archie comic book depicting a same-sex marriage has been...

NGO urges ASEAN to prioritize migrants and HIV, gay men and transgender people

A Thailand-based NGO working for gay, transgender and other migrant workers affected by HIV is urging the ASEAN Health Ministers presently meeting in Vietnam to commit to a compassionate public health response to migrant workers affected by HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. by Gay Asia News “Undocumented migrants including gay men and...

Walter Woon, Tommy Koh differ on 377A anti-gay sex law at NUS forumf

The subject of universal human rights took a local turn at a university forum on Tuesday night, with two top lawyers disagreeing over whether an anti-gay sex law should be done away with. By Walter Sim The subject of universal human rights took a local turn at a university forum on...

Gays — Muslim Or Not — Face Caning With 100 Lashes In Indonesia If Proposed Sharia Bylaw Passes

Under a new proposal in Indonesia’s Aceh province, gays face 100 lashes with a cane if caught engaging in homosexual acts. This would apply to both Muslims and non-Muslims in the region. Gay rights are not a thing in one particular region of Muslim-majority Indonesia, not by a long shot....

UN Human Rights Council passes LGBT resolution

Vietnam was among 25 countries to support a landmark United Nations resolution upholding the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. By Tuan Anh | dtinews.vn | September 27, 2014 08:36 PM On September 26 in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council, approved a resolution condemning violence...