Two Malaysian men successfully claimed refugee status in the UK on grounds that they are gays last month despite the low success rates of such claims based on sexual orientation.
Weighing in on an already controversial issue, the Indonesian Ulema Council on Thursday has called on the national censorship board to ban any movie that promotes homosexuality and demanded the government ban the ongoing film festival.
An 18-year-old university student in New Jersey, US is reported to have committed suicide after he was secretly taped having sex with another male and the video was webcast by this roommate and friend.
Dozens or even hundreds of gay men who had gathered at an outdoor pick-up spot in Beijing on Sunday night were rounded up and detained briefly in a major police swoop, according to media reports.
Thousands of protesters ranging from humanists/atheists to gay rights campaigners, sexual health campaigners and women rights campaigners gathered in London on Saturday against Pope Benedict XVI's 4-day visit.
In a quiet alley in the ancient Javanese city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Mariyani, a 50-year-old transgender hairdresser, has turned part of her salon into an Islamic school.
A prominent gay rights activist says that even though Stephanie Rice’s anti-gay slur, which has since caused her to lose her luxury carmaker sponsorship was offensive, it did not warrant the “hysterical” reaction it got.
As the first country in the world to grant same-sex marriages and allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children, it's now looking at introducing same-sex couples into the nation's schoolbooks.
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