PAKISTAN | 20130521060204| ILGA-ASIA
Hijras can vote and run for seats in polls following supreme court decision recognising them as 'third gender.'

INDIA | 20130521041749| ILGA-ASIA
Queer Ink, India’s only publisher specializing in Indian Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex literature seeks YOUR stories for its second anthology.

PHILIPPINES | 20130521041735| ILGA-ASIA
It was bound to happen and finally did. A basketball player in the NBA came out and said he is gay. Washington Wizards center Jason Collins became the first active professional athlete in a major American sport to admit to being gay. His declaration has roiled the sporting world, but most of the reaction has been understanding and supportive.

INDIA | 20130515094744| ILGA-ASIA
Transgenders belonging to Bannu on Wednesday accused the district administration of attempting to expel them from the city.

PAKISTAN | 20130513011545| ILGA-ASIA
The election tribunal on Saturday allowed Bindiya Rana, a transvestite, to contest an election to a provincial assembly seat, PS-114 Karachi.

INDIA | 20130513011330| ILGA-ASIA
A second transgender candidate has joined the campaign for the Karnataka state legislative assembly election on 5 May. Chandni, 35, registered nomination papers to stand in the Narasimharaja constituency.

MALAYSIA | 20130513011303| ILGA-ASIA
It started as a Formula One bet between two entrepreneurs and could end up highlighting human rights abuses against Malaysia’s transgender community ahead of the May 5 national election.

HONG KONG | 20130513011233| ILGA-ASIA
The Court of Final Appeal has reserved judgment on whether a transsexual should be allowed to wed her boyfriend.