LGBT Rights

Recent legislative developments have raised hopes, but the Thai government could still sink the LGBTQ dream of equal rights.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that repealing Section 377A of the Penal Code was the “right thing to do,” but ruled out legalizing same-sex marriage.

The country's Health Ministry has instructed doctors to stop treating homosexuality as a disease, and to cease discrimination in medical care.

In past electoral politics, marriage equality was seldom a dominant issue, but the landscape is shifting and some barriers to equality remain in place.

The statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried echoes of the "Asian values" debate of the 1990s.

A blogger who suggested Uzbekistan decriminalize gay sex was brutally attacked. The Interior Ministry and others blame him for provoking the assault.

Homosexuality is legal in most of Indonesia, but attacks on the community have been on the rise in recent years. 

The president’s incendiary rhetoric conceals more complex policy realities in the country under his tenure.

Advocates say the bill is a positive step, but contains major shortcomings that prevent it from truly enshrining equality.

A law forcing transgender people to remove their reproductive organs before registering a gender change comes under fire. 

Singapore’s protection of its LGBT community leaves much to be desired.