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The pride parade drew 12,000 people last year and this annual event has now for the first time been reduced to a static rally, with no march allowed as the organisers claim the force gave them late notice, rather than the usual month in advance.

UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific and former Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach is set to co-host this year’s Asia Pacific HERO Awards gala in Bangkok which will honour a diverse and inspirational mix of activists, allies and organisations from across Asia and the Pacific.

More than 200,000 people took to the streets of Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, on Saturday for what organisers said was Asia’s largest-ever LGBT pride parade.

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Alessandro Calanca, originally from Italy, has found a level of “unconditional camaraderie” at City Rugby Club he never expected.

This year's Taiwan Pride marks the first year of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, and indeed the first in Asia.

A court in Hong Kong on Friday upheld a government policy, denying civil partnerships to same-sex couples.

In an old theatre between soaring tower blocks in China's southwestern city of Chengdu, a choir of transgender singers are on stage belting out the empowering lyrics of Jolin Tsai's anthem "Me". "My reflection in the mirror, is a stranger's face, which one is the real me, which one is the fake?" the group sing in unison.

The Philippines' highest court has dismissed a petition to allow same-sex marriage, ruling that the applicant doesn't have a partner and therefore can't claim to be a victim of existing laws.