Asia

Dithi is the first member of the hijra third-gender community to run for public office in Bangladesh. (Photo courtesy of the Dhaka Tribune)
First third-gender person seeks Bangladesh public office
Petition seeks repeal of India’s anti-gay Section 377
Protesters seek to end LGBTI repression in Commonwealth
U.N. vs. anti-LGBTI laws; plus news in brief
Honors in U.K. for LGBTI activists from Africa, Asia
Don’t fall for photo of man (repeatedly) burned alive
Raids, arrests of 21 trans women after Malaysian ruling
Shivani "Shivy" Bhat (Photo courtesy of TheNewsMinute.com/YouTube)
Indian High Court gives LGBT rights a boost
Malaysia: Back to square one for trans women
Malaysia: Federal court reviewing 2014 pro-trans ruling
Indonesia: Detention, ‘rehab’ for 2 women who hugged
Protests target anti-LGBTI laws in India, Nigeria
20 LGBTI-related arrests in Egypt, Indonesia
Mix of good news and bad: Uganda, Egypt, Iraq
Burmese official seeks arrest of gays; HRW protests
Maldives: Lenient no more, island nation arrests 2