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Tmall campaigns and Weibo posts give us a hint.

The PRC will celebrate Pride in Shanghai in June, at a time when most major Pride events around the world are being cancelled or postponed.

The High Court has kept on the statute books a law that criminalises homosexuality. 

CNN Philippines reports that according to the Philippines’ Insurance Commission, members of the LGBT Community should be able to designate their partners as beneficiaries in their life insurance plans.

Pattaya celebrated its LGBT community with the colourful Pattaya International Pride 2020 festival.

Their new song, Akhir Zaman or ‘End of Times’ includes anti-LGBT lyric.

The Hong Kong government’s refusal to provide public housing to legally married same-sex couples is unconstitutional, the High Court has ruled.

Politicians in Indonesia are planning a revamp of the country’s criminal code, with forced incarceration for LGBT people in rehabilitation camps as part of a new ‘Family Resilience’ law.  A leaked version of the law also says it will outlaw surrogacy and S&M sex. 

Homosexuality remains illegal in Myanmar and homophobia is widespread.

The people of Hong Kong kicked off 2020 with a massive protest march, continuing the long period of unrest as the ‘special administrative region’ continues to push for greater democracy and less control from Mainland China