Posts tagged Asia Pacific

Two Malaysian women were recently fined and sentenced to a caning in Malaysia’s north for having sex with each other, a sentence due to be carried out today.

Australia will host the first Asia Pacific Eurovision Song Contest grand final

Each month, with the help of Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation, the Star Observer’s “Snapshot” segment shines a light on the current state of LGBTI rights and law reform in one of our regional neighbours. This month, we take a look at group of countries that make up the Micronesia region in the South Pacific.

A CONFERENCE in Sydney last month heard from some of the Asia-Pacific region’s leading cultural theorists on how transqueer studies is helping break new ground …

The Labor Party has promised to uphold LGBTI rights in Australia’s foreign affairs after Foreign Minister Bob Carr signed a pledge on behalf of the …

The island nations of Palau and Nauru have pledged to decriminalise homosexuality following an audit of their human rights as part of the UN Human …

Two hundred gay and bisexual men are being infected with HIV every day in the Asia Pacific region, a figure which should be ringing alarm …

The Rudd Government will encourage Australia’s Asia-Pacific neighbours to introduce laws that protect people with HIV and homosexually active men from discrimination -” laws it …

The Rudd Government will encourage Australia’s Asia-Pacific neighbours to introduce laws that protect people with HIV and homosexually active men from discrimination -” laws it …