Secretary General Ban Ki-moon while in the Indian capital New Delhi said he "staunchly opposed the criminalization of homosexuality" as it violates basic rights.
Goa, India’s top tourist destination known for its beaches, is to set up special centers to administer medicines to LGBT youth in order to make them "normal."
Many gay men and women also hide their sexual orientation “fearing rejection, discrimination and violence,” said the popular American weekly news magazine
Human rights activists in 13 cities on four continents are conducting an “international day of action” on June 27 to press for the Sultan of Brunei to repeal anti-gay laws that he recently promulgated.
The Sultan of Brunei of has decreed into law the strict Islamic Sharia penal code that will eventually lead to death by stoning for crimes of a sexual nature, including those of same-sex relations.