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BANGKOK — (06-05-23) — Thailand's 2nd annual PRIDE Parade doubled its attendance from last year with over 50,000 people on hand to celebrate LGBT Rights. In celebration of PRIDE Month, thousands of LGBTQ+ attendees along with their allies and political leaders marched through central Bangkok promoting gender equality in the second official Pride parade to [...]
TAIPEI CITY, TW — (05-17-23) — Taiwan's parliament has passed a bill allowing same-sex married couples to adopt children, four years after same-sex marriage was legalized on the self-governing islands. Gay and lesbian couples will now be able to legally adopt children in Taiwan, after the island’s legislature voted in favor of the change on [...]
SEOUL, KR — (05-05-23) — In a blow to LGBTQ Rights in South Korea, the organizers of the country's biggest Pride parade, Seoul Queer Culture Festival, said they were denied their annual permit. The organization is vowing to press ahead with their event, even after the Seoul Metropolitan Government denied them permission to use the [...]
SEOUL, KR — (02-26-23) — South Korea' Supreme Court ruled in favor of LGBTQ+ couples in a landmark ruling that says spousal coverage under the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) should be applied equally to both LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ couples. “The plaintiff and his partner are both male, but they agreed to recognize each other [...]
TOKYO, JP — Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fired one of his cabinet secretary's who made anti-LGBT remarks about gay couples. Former cabinet secretary Masayoshi Arai reportedly said he "Would not want to live next to, or look at, people in same-sex relationships." Mr Arai also claimed that allowing same-sex marriage into Japan's society [...]