BANGKOK, TH — (03-28-24) — Thailand' Parliament made history yesterday when it passed a same-sex marriage bill, making the country the first Southeast Asian nation to recognize same-sex marriage. “I want to invite you all to make history,” said Danuphorn Punnakanta, chairman of the parliamentary committee, ahead of the vote. “We did this for all [...]
SEOUL, KR — (10-30-23) — South Korea's constitutional court has upheld the ban on gay sex in the military, a long standing law against same-sex relations in the military, in what activists have called a major setback for LGBT rights for Korean citizens who put their lives on the life for the nation. South Korea's [...]
NIGERIA — (10-24-23) — Security forces arrested 76 Nigerians on Saturday on charges of organizing a gay wedding in north-east Nigeria, where same-sex marriage is criminalized and often met with violence. Nigeria passed its anti-gay marriage bill in 2014, which made homosexuality punishable with a penalty of 14 years in prison. Even with sanctions being [...]
HONG KONG — (09-05-23) — Hong Kong's top court ruled Tuesday in favor of same-sex civil unions but stopped short of ruling in favor of full marriage rights in a partial win for HK's LGBTQ community. Over the past decade, LGBTQ activists in Hong Kong have won piecemeal victories in court, striking down discriminatory government [...]
MALAYSIA — (07-30-23) — British band The 1975 cancelled their shows in Liberal Taiwan and Muslim-majority Indonesia, after Malaysia stopped the group in the middle of their set after lead singer Matty Healy gave a passionate kiss to his male bandmate. In a statement released by the British Band on Sunday, the indie-rock group said, [...]