Asia

Singapore Parliament votes to decriminalize gay sex
Bangladesh: Trans woman elected to government council
Bangladeshi students seek dismissal of gay teacher
Dozens of Asian LGBTQ activists protest Malaysian police raid
Islamic police break up 1,000-person LGBT Halloween party in Malaysia
Bangladesh: Another murder of a trans woman — allegedly by her husband
Shahanur Islam (Photo courtesy of JMBF)
European attorneys seek protection for LGBTQ activist Bangladeshi lawyer
Singapore bills would repeal anti-gay law, reject marriage equality
Bangladesh human rights groups demand probe of attack on trans woman and her mother
Paribagh footbridge in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo courtesy of Dhaka Daily)
Latest trans murder in Bangladesh is part of a worldwide problem
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)
Afghan student slain by Taliban for being gay
Gay teacher barred from teaching in Bangladesh
Bangladesh human rights defenders demand action against anti-gay violence and extortion
Location of Bangladesh in South Asia. (Map courtesy of GISgeography)
Human rights activists protest Bangladesh trans murder
Pakistan: Conservative Muslims seek to undo progress on trans rights
Bangladesh activists protest same-sex wedding arrests, face death threats