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Ahead of this year’s Miss Universe pageant, 20-year-old Swe Zin Htet made the brave decision to come out as gay, despite same-sex relationships still being criminalised in her home country Myanmar.

However, the study also found evidence of persistent stigma, discrimination, violence and exclusion.

Indonesia’s human rights commission condemned on Monday the attorney general’s office (AGO) for barring LGBT people from applying for posts because it [the AGO] did not want people with what it called “sexual orientation deviations”. 

Patrick Sun, founder of Hong Kong-based Sunpride Foundation, said he picked Taipei and Bangkok as venues because of their more liberal attitudes toward homosexuality.

Heroes of HIV, LGBT rights and community health work were among 10 people and organisations honoured at the 2019 Asia Pacific HERO Awards gala in Bangkok last Friday.

These barbarian punishments result from a sting operation by the authorities, with a total of 11 men charged with “an attempt at sexual intercourse against the order of nature”.

They come from Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and elsewhere to see for themselves what it is like to be homosexual yet feel secure, to see gay couples hold hands.

A diverse and inspirational mix of 27 people and organisations from across Asia and the Pacific have been selected as finalists for this year’s HERO Awards, with a gala fundraising event taking place at Bangkok’s Dutch Ambassador’s Residence on Friday 22 November.

The singer independently released a new video, “Empty,” which is an ode to the loneliness of queer hookup culture.

Sexual orientation cannot be wilfully changed and is a product of genetic and environmental factors, said lawyers arguing for the repeal of Section 377A of the Penal Code in Singapore.