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Tank Fairy, a lighthearted musical comedy, celebrates the island’s LGBTQ+ community – in contrast to China’s cultural crackdown on gay lifeAn award-winning Taiwanese film was shown on Saturday to two very different audiences One, at the Beijing Queer F…
Read MoreFumio Kishida says official’s comments ‘outrageous and completely incompatible with policies’The Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has sacked an aide who said he would not want to live next to LGBTQ+ couples and that people would flee Japan if sa…
Read MoreCourt rules same-sex marriage ban is constitutional but says lack of legal protection is human rights violationA court in has ruled that Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, but said the lack of legal protection for same-sex couples viol…
Read MoreLGBTQ+ advocates welcome repeal of British colonial-era law while expressing dismay as parliament backs existing definition of marriageSingapore’s parliament has decriminalised sex between men, but has amended the constitution to effectively block full…
Read MoreExclusive: Alina Khan, star of award-winning Joyland, speaks out as the movie’s licence for domestic release is revoked, putting its Oscar contention in doubtA transgender star of an award-winning Pakistan film that depicts a love affair between a man …
Read MorePartnership certificates allow same-sex couples to be treated as married couples in areas like housing, health and welfareTokyo’s metropolitan government began issuing partnership certificates to same-sex couples who live and work in the capital on Tue…
Read MoreTan Eng Hong was arrested under the law banning gay male sex and went on to challenge its constitutionality, a landmark moment for gay rightsTan Eng Hong’s voice wavers as he remembers his 12-year struggle against Section 377A, a law that criminalises …
Read MoreScrapping of colonial-era section 377A law hailed as ‘a win for humanity’ by LGBTQ+ rights groupsSingapore will repeal a colonial-era law that criminalises sex between men, a landmark decision described by LGBTQ+ groups as “a win for humanity”.In a nat…
Read MoreAdvocates hope upcoming ruling in Tokyo district court will help spur progress on issue that already has public backingBarely a year has passed since the Tokyo Olympics were promoted as a celebration of diversity. In June, the Japanese capital became t…
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