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13 February 2013Thailand: Public hearings on civil unions begin 6 A series of public hearings in Thailand to discuss the possibility of establishing civil partnerships for gay couples has been taking place in Bangkok. -
13 February 2013India: Police raid gay party and arrest 22 men 6 Police in Mumbai have raided a bungalow where a gay party was being held and booked 22 men for indecent behaviour and lacking permissions to hold a party. -
6 February 2013Thailand: Airport immigration fast-track lane opens up to gay couples 5 Same-sex couples visiting Thailand this month could be pleasantly surprised, as Bangkok's main airport has opened up premium lanes to fast-track couples through immigration. -
31 January 2013China: ‘Two Old Men’ stream footage of their wedding but are disrupted by son 22 A gay couple who attracted thousands of fans on a Chinese microblogging site have broadcast footage of their symbolic wedding, but were interrupted by the son of one of the men. -
28 January 2013Vietnam: Trans woman to lose official legal recognition 6 Vietnam's only trans woman to have been officially recognised as female has been told she will once again be considered male after a local committee objected to the decision. -
26 January 2013India: Report declares that ‘all sexual identities deserve protection’ 10 A committee lead by the former Chief Justice of India has declared that all sexual identities are deserving of protection, and has called for education about LGBT people in schools. -
25 January 2013China censors gay sex scenes from release of Cloud Atlas 8 In China, the cinematic release of the film Cloud Atlas took place on Monday, however before it was shown, almost forty minutes of "gay and straight sex" was cut from the film without the producers' knowledge. -
24 January 2013Video: ‘Negative’ IKEA advert slammed by Thai trans rights group 16 A recently unveiled advert for IKEA in Thailand has been heavily criticised for its depiction of a trans woman, which has been described by a trans rights group as a "violation of human rights", and "negative and stereotypical." -
23 January 2013Taiwan: Gay couple withdraw lawsuit against the state for ban on equal marriage 2 A gay couple in Taiwan who filed a lawsuit last year after being rejected in their application for marriage, have said they will withdraw their case tomorrow. -
22 January 2013Malaysia: Ex-PM wins defamation lawsuit against paper which alleged he was pro-LGBT 5 Former deputy prime minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim has won a lawsuit against a newspaper on the grounds that articles about him 'distorted' the truth by painting him as a gay rights supporter. -
22 January 2013Nepal introduces gender neutral citizenship documents 2 An official says Nepal's government will begin issuing gender neutral citizenship documents. -
18 January 2013India: Visa regulations block gay surrogacy to foreigners 6 The Indian Home ministry has circulated rules to embassies which prevent unmarried or gay people travelling to become surrogate parents. -
17 January 2013Chinese court proposes annulment option for wives of gay men 1 The First Intermediate People's Court of Beijing have proposed to allow spouses to get an annulment from their gay partners after a spate of publicity regarding China's 'gay wives'. -
16 January 2013Former prime minister of Singapore hears sermon of anti-gay pastor 13 The pastor of a megachurch in Singapore has used a religious service as a platform to rally his audience, which included a former prime minister, to support the current ban on gay sex. -
16 January 2013Hong Kong activists angered by government’s stalled LGBT rights reform 2 The refusal of Hong Kong lawmakers to carry out a public consultation on improving LGBT rights has sparked outrage in the local community. -
16 January 2013Taiwan: Gay couple suing state for ban on equal marriage may withdraw their case + A gay couple in Taiwan who filed a lawsuit last year after being rejected in their application for marriage, protested what they called the "passive" attitude of the justice system, and said they might withdraw their case.
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15 January 2013Indonesia: Lesbian couple forced to flee after pretending to be straight in order to get married + Despite equal marriage being illegal in Indonesia, a lesbian couple managed to obtain a marriage license by pretending that one of them was male. -
8 January 2013Chinese Court: Gay man who married a woman that committed suicide not to blame for her death 6 A lawsuit was rejected today by a local court in China, brought by the parents of a woman who committed suicide after finding out her husband was gay.
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2 January 2013Pakistan: Uproar over homoerotic paintings of Muslim clerics 14 An artist and college in Pakistan may be charged with blasphemy for publishing a series of religious paintings with strong homoerotic overtones. -
31 December 2012Taiwanese diplomat: I am not gay or in a relationship with Taiwan’s president 6 Taiwanese legislators have grilled their new diplomat to the United States over his perceived sexual orientation and rumours of a relationship with Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou.
