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‘I felt truly liberated and happy’: LGBT Chinese shine at voguing balls

At one of the first large-scale voguing balls in Beijing, hundreds of people packed into the venue to watch performers dance, strike poses and strut on the catwalks.

March 31, 2021
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Hong Kong drag kings are reinvigorating an ancient art form that traces back to AD700 in China during the Tang dynasty. For Sarah Chua and Athena Za, or “Jamie Blue” and “Uncle Apollo” in drag, it...
LGBTQ
Drag kings disrupt mainstream Hong Kong
October 22, 2022
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New law makes Thailand the first Southeast Asian country to recognise marriage equality 02:10
Thailand
Thailand’s same-sex marriage law takes effect
January 23, 2025
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More Asian internet users are influenced by far-right causes including white supremacism in the digital age. Listen to Post reporter Kimberly Lim explain more about the ‘anti-woke’ movement’s slow...17:51
Singapore
Divided youth: ‘anti-woke’ movement recruits teen boys across Asia
July 22, 2024
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LGBTQ in China
How Chengdu became known as China’s ‘gay capital’
June 23, 2024
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In 2013, Hong Kong real estate tycoon Cecil Chao announced he would give HK$1 billion (US$128 million) as a “dowry” to any man who would marry his daughter Gigi. She says the move forced her to...14:00
LGBTQ
How a HK$1 billion manhunt led Gigi Chao to a role as LGBTQ activist
June 22, 2024
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Manila’s “Home for the Golden Gays” was among the few bricks-and-mortar care facilities for the elderly LGBTQ community in the Philippines. However, when the facility closed more than a decade ago,...23:00
LGBTQ
Manila’s famous 'Golden Gays' search for forever home
June 16, 2024
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LGBTQ
Trans actor finds new audience in Singapore
April 25, 2024
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The Philippines
Why a Filipino Catholic is facing jail time for his art
January 25, 2024
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A transgender community in the Indonesian capital Jakarta drew attention to the city's pollution by walking the runway in clothes made of plastic cutlery and bottles in a fashion show on December...03:30
Tackling Pollution
Transgender Indonesians spotlight plastics pollution
December 27, 2023
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Russia
Russia bans LGBTQ activism as ‘extremist’
December 1, 2023
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Religion
Transgender community in Pakistan fights hate with joy
October 13, 2023
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Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong gay activist wins landmark ruling
September 6, 2023
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LGBTQ
Carmen Rose: A thorny road as a Malaysian drag queen
August 21, 2023
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LGBTQ
Gender-affirming procedures banned in Russia
July 25, 2023
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Singapore
Singapore holds first LGBTQ rally since gay sex decriminalisation
June 26, 2023
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Blessed Ministry Community Church, or BMCC, is one of the few churches in Hong Kong led by LGBTQ pastors. Most of its members are from sexual minority groups who feel unaccepted by mainstream...14:16
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Inside Hong Kong’s LGBTQ-affirming church
June 25, 2023
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LGBTQ
Bangkok pride parade demands same-sex marriage
June 5, 2023
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A transgender couple in India’s southwestern coastal state of Kerala welcomed a healthy 2.9kg (6.4lbs) newborn on February 8, 2023, becoming the first couple in the nation’s history to become...02:19
India
Transgender Indian couple welcome newborn in historic first
February 10, 2023
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US President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law on December 13, 2022, providing federal recognition to same-sex marriages as well as protecting interracial unions. Biden...01:57
LGBTQ
Joe Biden signs same-sex marriage bill into law
December 14, 2022
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A district court in Tokyo has ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional. But the decision, handed down on November 30, 2022, added that the lack of legal protection for same-sex...02:11
Japan
Tokyo court rules ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional
November 30, 2022
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Russian lawmakers are expected to pass legislation in November 2022 to effectively ban “LGBTQ propaganda”. An expansion of a 2013 bill designed to shield children, the amended version would pertain...02:23
LGBTQ
Drag queens enjoy what could be their last legal show in Russia
November 24, 2022
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Many in the Japanese capital Tokyo are celebrating as city authorities began issuing long-awaited ‘partnership certificates’ to same-sex couples on November 1, 2022. The certificates do not grant...03:01
Japan
Same-sex couples in Tokyo can now use public services
November 2, 2022