Asia

The 1975 (Photo courtesy of AlJazeerah/Reuters)
Malaysia: LGBTQ advocates hope to limit backlash from British band’s pro-gay stunt
Same-sex kiss cancels Malaysia festival, days after cancellation of Indonesia conference
Protesters hold up signs prior to passage of a new Indonesian criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president, and expressing views counter to the national ideology, outside parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 5, 2022. (Willy Kurniawan photo courtesy of Reuters)
Asian LGBT activists cancel Indonesia conference after threats
Anti-gay Bangladesh group seeks ban on LGBT rights activist
Pakistani transgender people demonstrate for their rights.
Pakistan: Federal Shariat Court rules against landmark trans rights law
Gay murder victim Maulana Jalal Uddin Jalali (Photo courtesy of JusticemakersBangladesh)
Gay Muslim leader murdered in Bangladesh
Bangladesh LGBT activists call for repeal of gay sex laws
Trans students in class at Pakistan's first trans-only madrasa in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital. [Salahuddin photo courtesy of Reuters/Al Jazeera)
Pakistan’s Sindh province is a model for trans rights in South Asia
Protesters gather at Uganda’s foreign offices to oppose Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Imtiaz Mohammad Bhuiyan (Photo courtesy of JusticeMakers Bangladesh)
Activists demand justice for murder of bisexual man in Bangladesh
New textbook promotes acceptance of ‘third-gender’ hijras in Bangladesh
Transgender Bangladeshi students study the Quran. (Photo courtesy of Newsweek/Getty)
JusticeMakers Bangladesh expresses concern over killing of trans woman
Bangladeshi human rights defender Shahanur Islam (left) meets with Jean-Marc Berthon, the French ambassador for LGBT+ rights.
Bangladesh activist and French leaders confer in support of LGBTQ+ rights
One of many Taliban patrols in Kabul, Afghanistan, which seek out LGBTQ Afghans and other people who are out of favor with the regime. (Photo courtesy of EPA and The Guardian)
Rainbow Railroad seeks governments’ support in aiding LGBTQ refugees
In Indonesia, trans woman Hendrika Mayora Victoria (left), poses for a photograph with her friends. (Photo courtesy of UCA News)
Indonesian media cautioned against anti-LGBT progaganda
Trans women Barshti Afrin, Madhu, Ishani and Sumi were arrested in Bangladesh on Jan. 17 outside a wedding ceremony where they were begging for money. They were charged with extortion and rioting. (Photo courtesy of JusticeMakers Bangladesh)
Bangladesh: Human rights activists outraged at arrests of trans women for begging