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Glad to be gay (but a bit shy about it)

03 July 2008- India- THERE were no half-naked dancers, pink floats, or sailor boys locked in clinches...more

Gay pride march debuts in Delhi

30 June 2008-Delhi, India Hundreds of gay rights supporters have marched in the Indian capital, Delhi, for the first time...more

Nepal gets its first gay representative in parliament

01 May 2008- The wind of change that swept through Nepal in the form of a historic election this month, dethroned its king, once revered as god, and instead gave power to the former Maoist guerrillas...more

Nepali gay men contesting poll hope to end taboo

26 Feb 2008- Katmandu, India - At least five Nepali gay men are contesting this year's elections in the hope of shattering taboos in the conservative nation, a gay candidate said...more

Gay muslims shed their veil of secrecy for the night

 05 Jan 2008- Berlin-  Six men whirled faster and faster in the centre of the nightclub, arms slung over one another's shoulders, performing a traditional circle dance popular in Turkey and the Middle East...more

Nepal SC orders govt to guarantee gay rights

22 Dec 2007- Kathmandu - Nepal's top court has directed the government to frame laws to "safeguard the rights" of gays and lesbians so that they could "live an independent life" in the highly conservative Himalayan state...more

I love playing a gay character

27 Nov 2007- India- “I've always had more gay fans than a female following," says Sushant Singh who's blissfully heterosexual in real life, married to a pretty Manipuri dancer with two kids...more
 

Mindset against Gay community 

24 Nov 2007- India- It's an issue that has been surrounded by controversy for generations and while activists fight for gay rights and demand that homosexuality be legalised, a TIMES NOW Hansa poll reveals that even urban Indians are far from accepting the gay community into mainstream society...more

No gay people in Iran?

02 Oct 2007- Iran- When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s combative president, provoked his latest controversy in New York this week by asserting that there were no homosexuals in his country, he may have been indulging in sophistry or just plain wishful thinking...more



 

Interview with Iranian gay couple
08 Sept 2007- A Gay couple from Iran talked with Arsham Parsi from Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO). Kamran, a 24 years old and Kaveh, a 25 years old have been together for 3 years...more 

Gay film lands students in trouble

15 May 2007- India- T’PURAM: Amid the nationwide debate on "moral policing" on art, a group of students in a church-run college in Kerala have landed in trouble for making a short film on homosexuality...more

 

Eighty gay men arrested in Iran

14 May 2007-Iran-  Eighty members of the Iranian gay community have been arrested by the security personnel in Isfahan. Security forces raided a birthday party, assaulted the host, his parents and all the guests. Everyone at the party was arrested on the spot...more

 

UK Muslim group backs Christian opposition to gay adoption rules

26 Jan 2007- The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has expressed its full support to the principled stand taken by Christian leaders opposed to new regulations on the adoption of children by homosexuals...more

Killing gay men is OK, says British imam

23 Oct 2006- London- The leading imam in Manchester, England, confirms that he thinks the execution of sexually active gay men is justified, the rights group Outrage reported...more

Gay marriages on the rise in Goa

27 August 2006- PANAJI: The number of gays entering into wedlock in Goa is on the rise and groups working for homosexual rights are demanding legal cover for such marriages...more

 

Gay Nuptials in Nepal Stuns the Media

26 August 2006- Kathmandu–  In a colourful ceremony, two gay were married today, watched by the media, community activists and a few family members.

It was the first public “same-sex marriage” in Nepal and challenges the culture, tradition, family values and constitution of the country...more

Gay Iraqi Teen Killed by Police



08 May 2006- Iraq- Human rights groups have condemned the barbaric murder of a 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed in front of his home by police for what they're saying was the crime of 'being gay'. Ahmed Khalil was beaten by several men wearing Iraqi police uniforms and then shot at point-blank range in Bagdhad last week, according to his neighbors in the al-Dura area of Baghdad...more


 

Muslims step out at Gay Pride

24 April 2006- Despite death threats, a Muslim gay and lesbian group called al-Fatiha has chosen San Francisco's Gay Pride weekend to go public and call on fellow Muslims to demonstrate greater tolerance. The group has been set up to help gay followers of Islam to reconcile their sexuality with their religion...more

Muslims are accused of gay U-turn

23 April 2006- Britain's most powerful Muslim organisation was accused last night of a making a stunning U-turn on a commitment to tackle homophobia. Just days after the Muslim Council of Britain signalled it was planning to sign up to a five-year plan to reach out to Britain's gay community, senior members of the organisation have ripped up the strategy...more

Festival of Muslim cultures refuses to allow gay event

23 Jan 2006- A national festival to promote Muslim culture which is being partly funded by the government has refused to stage an event designed to highlight the lives and experiences of gays and lesbians...more

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