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.
Japan’s first lady has not only taken part in the annual Tokyo gay parade but gone on to write about equality and anti-gay discrimination on her Facebook page.
Come May, Vietnam’s National Assembly will have concluded two years of deliberation on amendments to the Law on Marriage and Family and in all likelihood end its current ban on marriage between same-sex couples.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has thrown its support behind a House measure seeking the creation of a special desk in all police stations across the country so as to tackle crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
Progress in a marriage equality law in Thailand is stuck more because of the ongoing political crisis than any serious social opposition to same-sex couples marrying.