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India nears supreme court ruling on repeal of anti gay law
Ajit Bhide, president of the Indian Psychiatric Society, discussed the society's declaration that homosexuality is not an illness. Click the image to watch the video.
Homosexuality is not illness, says Indian Psychiatric Society
National Assembly of Pakistan (Photo courtesy of the Pakistan Observer)
Transgender protection bill advances in Pakistan
India: Supreme Court moves toward action on anti-LGBT law
Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia (Photo courtesy of HRW)
Good news for No. 1 victim of Malaysia’s sodomy law
Homophobe of the Week: whipping advocate Irwandi Yusuf
Teuku Taufiqulhadi (Photo courtesy of JowoNews)
Indonesia puts anti-gay bill on hold
Gay rights activists Peter Tatchell (left) and Riaz Osmani (right) were among the protesters demanding action from Bangladeshi authorities in the case of the 2016 murders of who investigated the 2016 murders of Xulhaz Mannan and Tonoy Mojumdar. (Photo courtesy of Riaz Osmani)
Protest over Bangladeshi failure to solve 2016 murders
Trans women paint a mural in Bangalore, India, in March 2018. (Priti Salian photo courtesy of NBC News)
India project aims for trans visibility
Anti-LGBT protest in February in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province. (Photo courtesy of Anfara Foto/Reuters/The Telegraph)
Pessimism: LGBT communities fear criminalization in Indonesia
Illustration by Malay Karmakar for the Hindustan Times series "Let's Talk About 377"
A more-tolerant India in the news and on film
Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein
U.N. official to Indonesia: Don’t outlaw gay sex
Untung Sangaji (Photo courtesy of GoAceh)
Indonesia under fire for anti-LGBT raids
Sonia, a trans rights activist, was shot on Jan. 17 in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo courtesy of Front Line Defenders)
Pakistani trans activists under attack: kidnapped, raped, shot
Rudiantara, Indonesia's Communication and Informatics Minister. (Photo courtesy of Netral)
World’s 4th-largest country seeks to block gay apps
Pride parade in Delhi (Photo courtesy of Delhi Queer Pride via Qnews)
India is moving fast toward a ruling on anti-gay law