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Unanimous decision by highest court hailed a step towards acceptance of LGBT+ peopleA Malaysian man has won a landmark court challenge against an Islamic ban on sex “against the order of nature”, raising hopes for greater acceptance of gay rights in th…
Read MoreMarginalised groups including Rohingya and members of LGBT community join rallies The Myanmar military took power last week on the promise of “restoring eternal peace” to a country riven by seven decades of ethnic conflict. Since the takeover it has ma…
Read MoreWhile the face of New Zealand’s parliament is changing, its rules and norms are drawn from the experiences of white menStarting any new job, “the first day, you feel nervous,” says Ibrahim Omer, one of New Zealand’s new MPs. “This is no exception.”The …
Read MoreMen in Aceh province were detained by vigilantes before being caned in publicTwo gay men in Indonesia’s Aceh province have been publicly caned 77 times each after they were reported to police by vigilantes who raided their apartment.Human rights groups…
Read MoreExpulsion of US woman who promoted Indonesian island as ‘queer-friendly’ reveals how acceptance extends only to visitors When American tourist Kristen Antoinette Gray began writing about her stay in Bali on Twitter, she apparently had little idea of th…
Read MoreKristen Antoinette Gray accused of breaching Indonesia visa by promoting the island, selling her e-book and offering consultingAn American woman is being deported from Bali over suspected immigration violations after her tweets that celebrated the Indo…
Read MoreArush Nand is very good as a gay Tamil boy in Deepa Mehta’s coming-of-age drama set in a period building to civil war There is something a bit soapy and melodramatic about this queer coming-of-age drama from Sri Lanka, picked up by Ava DuVernay’s compa…
Read MoreThe once-in-a-decade population survey has enabled same-sex couples to register their statusChina’s LGBTQ+ community has seized a once-in-a-decade chance to be counted with the launch of the nationwide government census.More than seven million workers …
Read MorePride march follows national success story in curbing Covid-19 pandemicAt the entrance to Taipei’s Pride march on Saturday, Pearl Jain and Lance Xie held up a sign offering free hugs. Similar placards were waved above the pulsating crowd of 100,000 swe…
Read MoreSame-sex couples say hotels make excuses to turn them away despite 2018 law changeIn May this year, at the height of the coronavirus’s first wave, two gay men living together in Amagasaki, western Japan, thought they would ease the boredom of the count…
Read MoreTwo female soldiers and their civilian partners are due to take part in this year’s ceremonyTwo same-sex couples are to be married in the Taiwanese army’s annual mass wedding ceremony this week, in a first after the island’s government legalised marria…
Read MoreFrom the treacherous ‘sex trucks’ of New York to the grim days of Aids and Clause 28 in Britain, Sunil Gupta had a ringside seat at the fight for gay liberation. At last, the Zelig-like photographer is getting his duesSunil Gupta can remember the names…
Read MoreGallery rejections suggested residual squeamishness about depictions of gay sexuality in JapanAfter a fruitless two-year search for a venue, Shai Ohayon was on the verge of abandoning his dream of bringing the art of Tom of Finland to a Japanese audien…
Read MoreDating app ban is move to appease conservative factions and sign of weakness, say criticsFor Hamza Baloch, Grindr was a life-changer. As a gay man in Pakistan, an Islamic republic where homosexuality carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, his …
Read MoreDating platforms told they are breaching laws against extramarital relationships and homosexualityPakistan’s government has blocked Tinder, Grindr and three other dating apps, its latest move to curb online platforms deemed to be disseminating “immoral…
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