Reuters-U.K., Posted: 8/14/2010, 8:42 AM QUICK LOOK:
Japan's gay and lesbian community marched in Tokyo on Saturday at the first gay parade in three years, campaigning for greater acceptance in a socially conservative country... (MORE)
Washington Post, Posted: 1/21/2010, 12:08 PM QUICK LOOK:
A proponent of California's same-sex marriage ban who warned that gay rights activists would try to legalize sex with children if Proposition 8 did not pass is expected... (MORE)
Posted: 12/8/2008, 8:33 PM QUICK LOOK:
A white supremacist convicted of killing Korean backpacker Jae Hyeon Kim was also responsible for the murder of a homosexual Westport man in 1999 and will now spend at... (MORE)
Korea Times, Posted: 3/3/2008, 8:30 PM QUICK LOOK:
Choi Hyun-sook, 51, a self-confessed lesbian announced her candidacy in the upcoming legislative election, Monday. Choi shocked the nation with the revelation of her... (MORE)
Korea Times, Posted: 1/3/2008, 2:56 PM QUICK LOOK:
A military police officer has openly declared his homosexuality and vowed to fight social prejudice against sexual minorities. On Dec. 30, Private Kim Hyun-jong (not... (MORE)
Gay Wired, Posted: 12/6/2007, 1:28 PM QUICK LOOK:
A few years back it was discovered that Cleveland Indians pitcher Kazuhito Tadano had been rejected by Japanese baseball clubs for appearing in a gay pornographic video... (MORE)
Pink News (U.K.), Posted: 11/20/2007, 8:09 PM QUICK LOOK:
Plans to drop sexual orientation from a proposed bill on anti-discrimination in South Korea have been met with disappointment from LGBT organisations all over the world. The bill, the first of its... (MORE)
Globe & Mail (Canada), Posted: 10/7/2007, 12:08 PM QUICK LOOK:
Ang Lee's latest film takes on sex and suspense in the mannered world of Japanese-occupied China. It's a period, Lee says, that he has spent most of his life obsessed... (MORE)
EarthTimes, Posted: 8/11/2007, 7:28 PM QUICK LOOK:
Some 3,000 people took pride in being GLBT to the streets of Tokyo
today and led the annual Pride Parade. Numerous floats decorated in
rainbow-coloured balloons and... (MORE)
Reuters-U.S., Posted: 7/30/2007, 9:05 AM QUICK LOOK:
A lesbian battling to become Japan's first openly gay parliamentarian has lost out in her race for a seat in the Upper House, despite her party winning the election convincingly... (MORE)
Reuters-U.S., Posted: 7/29/2007, 5:21 PM QUICK LOOK:
A Japanese woman was battling to become Japan's first openly gay parliamentarian on Monday, with voting too close to call in her race for an upper house seat. Kanako... (MORE)
Bay Windows, Posted: 6/7/2007, 8:11 PM QUICK LOOK:
When Carol Riso joined the Air Force Nurse Corps back in 1962, she didn’t think much about checking off the box on her enlistment form declaring that she did not have homosexual tendencies. But things... (MORE)
The Guardian (U.K.), Posted: 5/24/2007, 3:21 PM QUICK LOOK:
Kanako Otsuji, Japan's first openly gay politician, is to run in July's national elections in what she says is a challenge to official ignorance of the country's "hidden"... (MORE)
U.K. Gay News, Posted: 3/21/2007, 11:33 AM QUICK LOOK:
Author Masashi Harada has published a travel guidebook with a difference on Japan with a definite twist. "A Travel Guide to Queer Japan: Exploring Queer Spirits" (Lulu, USA) also focuses on love and... (MORE)