Hundreds of Indians took part in a gay parade in the capital New Delhi for the first time since the Supreme Court reinstated a colonial-era ban on same-sex relations.
People in Manila are taking part in a campaign to encourage and support the LGBT community as well as denounce anti-gay discrimination by pushing for equality status between gay and straight people.
On the weekend of the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, an event that is often heralded as the beginning of the LGBT rights movement, events were held in Europe, Asia, and across Americas.
Foreign diplomatic missions have for the first time participated in the annual Korea Queer Cultural Festival to demonstrate support that their countries have for the LGBT community in South Korea.
Organizers of Seoul's annual gay-pride parade say they will go ahead with this year's celebration despite the city municipality revoking its permission to do conduct such an event.
Japan’s first lady has not only taken part in the annual Tokyo gay parade but gone on to write about equality and anti-gay discrimination on her Facebook page.
Singapore's sixth gay pride season announces it's line-up, with the mainstay Pink Picnic at the Botanical Gardens coinciding with the country's National Day on Aug 9.
Olympic gold medallist Matthew Mitcham led some 10,000 marchers through the city's Oxford Street gay district in a colourful parade that showed its usual mixture of sequins, flesh and gay rights messages. Photos by Justin Ellis and Nat Cagilaba.
Organisers of what was to be Chiang Mai's second gay pride parade called off the event late Saturday evening following a confrontation with protesters.
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