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Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Chairperson Alfred Chan Cheung-ming attended an IDAHOT event in the city and said that consultation on legislation could begin in a years time

All against homophobia

  A sampling of recent news stories from across the region to help you understand how LGBT people are treated.

Nigel Collett contemplates the role of Christian groups on the quest for LGBYT equality in Hong Kong. Article originally published in China Daily.

The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) is the largest annual LGBT solidarity action and will take place on May 17th 2014. This years theme is 'Free Expression', and there's loads of events in the region, so find one near you to join.

The Pink Alliance announced today that Geena Rocero, a Filipino-American fashion model who made international headlines after she revealed that she's transgender, would participate in a candlelight vigil, taking place on Friday, 16 May at 6.30pm at Charter Garden in Central.

A South Korean rights organization is to showcase photos about the difficulty lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people face growing up so as to  draw attention of the public and policy makers against homophobia and discrimination in society.

From a street forum in Hong Kong to a workshop on family acceptance of LGBT people and coming out as LGBT in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Various cities in Asia are commemorating International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) today.

For My Colours, a coalition which organised the IDAHO rallies from 2005-2008, has clashed with the Pink Alliance – organisers of this year's rally on May 12 – over an invited politican known for her anti-mainland immigration and anti-democratic views in an all-out spat.