The award winning play by Singapore-born, US-based playwright Chay Yew will be staged for the first time in Malaysia since 1999 from Aug 23 to 25 in Petaling Jaya.
A Malaysia appeals court this week dismissed the organizers' attempt to have the ban declared unconstitutional but organisers say the festival will continue to exercise their rights and promote justice.
From Hai Phong to Can Tho, organisers of VietPride 2013 today announced a series of LGBT events that will take place in 12 cities across the country including in Ho Chi Minh City on Aug 24 and 25.
The International Olympic Committee has been asked to clarify its recent comments that it will punish athletes who stand up for gay rights in Russia following the Interior Ministry's confirmation that openly gay people attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics will be arrested under the country’s draconian new anti-gay law.
Some two hundred activists biked through central Hanoi on Sunday moring as part of the communist country's second gay pride parade to bring visibility to the LGBT community.
The country's Justice Ministry has become the second ministry after the Health Ministry to openly support the legalisation of same-sex marriage; but experts say it will take more time to secure the National Assembly's approval for same sex marriages.
As Thailand is currently debating civil unions which will offer same-sex couples the same legal rights as heterosexual married couples, a pioneer LGBT activist has urged others to not to get trapped in a debate with Buddhists on whether Buddhism allows same-sex marriage, to avoid complicating matters.
Engineering MNC Arup's inaugural LGBT diversity meeting on August 1 is open to employees of other companies in the built environment industry, including engineers and architects, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The 9th edition of IndigNation, Singapore's LGBT pride season, features 10 events including talks, panel discussions, a picnic, book readings and more.
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