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16 Ugandan LGBT activists given forced anal exams: rights group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 12:41 AM

Sixteen Ugandan LGBT activists were subjected to forced anal examinations after being arrested, the country's leading gay rights organization said Thursday. Read more »

'It’s dangerous': Groups say SOGIE equality bill discriminatory

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 04:01 PM

MANILA - Several groups on Wednesday denounced efforts to pass a measure that protects individuals from discrimination based on their gender identity and expression, but the proposed law’s lead author stressed it is meant to protect everyone. Read more »

China's parliament rules out allowing same-sex marriage

Ben Blanchard, Reuters
Posted at Aug 21 03:45 PM

Limiting marriage to a relationship between a man and a woman will remain China's legal position, a parliament spokesman said on Wednesday, ruling out following neighboring Taiwan in allowing same-sex marriage, despite pressure from activists. Read more »

Palace calls for respect for LGBT rights after discrimination vs trans woman

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 05:17 PM

MANILA - Malacañang reiterated Thursday the need to respect gay rights in the wake of the detention of transgender woman, Gretchen Custodio Diez for using a female restroom at a Quezon City mall earlier this week.   Read more »

Puzzled over lengthy LGBTQI term, Sotto asks: ‘Why not just Homo sapiens?’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 09:45 PM

The Senate session on Wednesday turned into a lecture on gender identities after Senate President Vicente Sotto III raised questions about the term LGBTQI. Read more »

Murder, ‘gay-hunters’ strike terror in Russia's LGBT community

Marina Koreneva with Anna Smolchenko in Moscow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 08:28 PM

A vigilante group seeking to turn violence against LGBT people into a game and encouraging Russians to hunt them down for sport plumbs new lows. Read more »

'Binibini' queens suportado ang SOGIE Equality Bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 10:05 PM

Dismayado ang mga reyna ng Binibining Pilipinas dahil hindi pa naisasabatas ang SOGIE bill.  Read more »

Elton John slams Russian cuts to 'Rocketman' gay scenes

Reuters
Posted at Jun 01 12:55 PM

Elton John on Friday criticized Russia's reported censorship of gay sex scenes in the new movie musical based on his life, "Rocketman," calling the decision "cruelly unaccepting of the love between 2 people." Read more »

Russia cuts gay scenes from Elton John biopic ‘Rocketman’

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 01:31 AM

Russia has a dire record on LGBT rights and a controversial law bans the promotion of "non-traditional sexual relationships" to minors. Read more »

'This time it's real': Taiwan counts down to Asia's first same-sex weddings

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of May 22 08:23 AM

TAIPEI - Lesbians Chu Pei-syuan and Liang Tsung-hui will this week tie the knot for the second time - this time at home, after Taiwan became the first place in Asia to allow same-sex marriage. Read more »

Taiwan parliament to vote on Asia's first same-sex marriage bill

Amber Wang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 12:25 PM

TAIPEI - Taiwan's parliament began debating Asia's first gay marriage law on Friday as conservative lawmakers launched a last-ditch attempt to scupper the most progressive bill in favour of a watered-down "civil-union" law.    Read more »

TINGNAN: Pride pedestrian lane sa Iloilo

Joyce Ann Clavecillas, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 06:17 PM

Layon nitong maipakita sa publiko na ang kanilang bayan ay nagbbibigay-respeto sa mga miyembro ng LGBT community. Read more »

Puerto Rico bans gay 'conversion therapy'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 28 12:41 PM

MIAMI, Florida - Puerto Rico on Wednesday banned the practice of so-called gay "conversion therapy," which seeks to change the sexual orientation of people who are gay or bisexual.   Read more »

Colorado, baker end legal battle over cake for transgender woman

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 06 07:42 AM

WASHINGTON - An American baker and the US state of Colorado have ended a legal battle over his refusal to bake a birthday cake for a transgender woman. Read more »

Taiwan unveils long-awaited gay marriage bill

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 21 06:38 PM

Taiwan is seen as one of the most progressive societies in Asia when it comes to gay rights, and it stages the biggest gay pride parade in Asia annually. Read more »

Anti-gay marriage groups win Taiwan referendum battle

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 01:35 AM

Voters in Taiwan backed anti-gay marriage referendums Saturday in what LGBT activists said was a major blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer. Read more »

India's Supreme Court ends colonial-era ban on gay sex

Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 06 05:28 PM

India's Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a ban on gay sex after a decades-old campaign against a colonial-era law used to hold back LGBT rights. Read more »

US top court rules for baker in gay wedding cake case

Sébastien Blanc, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 05 10:50 AM

The US Supreme Court delivered a historic but limited victory Monday to a Colorado baker who refused to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, in a closely-watched case pitting gay rights against religious liberty. Read more »

Bermuda to end gay marriage, just months after legalizing it

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 04:13 PM

WASHINGTON - Senators in socially conservative Bermuda on Wednesday voted to restore a ban on gay marriage, overturning a right granted by its top court earlier this year. Read more »

Australia's first gay divorce planned under same-sex marriage laws

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 06:01 PM

SYDNEY - Australia is set for its first gay divorce days after a historic marriage equality law came into effect, with lawyers preparing to file papers for a woman caught in legal limbo after marrying at a foreign consulate. Read more »