INDIA | 20120515093253| ILGA-ASIA
The recognition of transgenders and transsexuals as a distinct gender group is crucial for their emancipation, experts said Saturday at a public tribunal here on access to justice for the community. The tribunal, organised by the Centre for Legal Aid and Rights in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), saw more than 100 participants from the community.  

THAILAND | 20120515092932| ILGA-ASIA
Partners for Prevention  is accepting applications from practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region to participate in a regional learning and knowledge-sharing event focused on enhancing gender-based violence primary prevention interventions. This event will provide opportunities to network and share experiences from initiatives focused on the primary prevention of gender-based violence from the Asia and Pacific region.

PHILIPPINES | 20120515073136| ILGA-ASIA
Manny Pacquiao, Christian Filipino boxer and congressman, has reportedly disagreed with President Barack Obama's support of redefining marriage to include same-sex couples, and has insisted people should always put God's word first.

PHILIPPINES | 20120507034349| ILGA-ASIA
Just like most beauty queens and celebrities, majority of the readers of ABS-CBNnews.com do not want transgenders to be included in the Bb. Pilipinas, which sends representatives to Miss Universe and other international pageants.

INDIA | 20120502090541| ILGA-ASIA
Priya Babu, who hails from a chartered accountant’s family in Tiruchy and was an “unwanted boy” as a 19-year-old, is now a celebrated transgender writer in Tamil Nadu, having published four books, including one for a UN book project.

MALAYSIA | 20120430140021| ILGA-ASIA
Protesters march on a street during a rally to demand for electoral reforms in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday. Thousands of people gathered near Kuala Lumpur's Independence Square to seek sweeping changes in polling regulations to curb fears of fraud in elections that many speculate will be held in June.

PHILIPPINES | 20120428072357| ILGA-ASIA
In commemoration of the Worldwide LGBT Civil Rights March, leaders and members of Cebu Rainbow LGBT, Amnesty International Philippines-Cebu, Coalition for the Liberation of the Reassigned Sex and equal rights advocates of different genders, schools, and sectors gathered at the Asian College of Technology gymnasium yesterday afternoon.

PHILIPPINES | 20120428072131| ILGA-ASIA
City Councilor Alvin Dizon said  they are currently holding consultations with different sectors on the proposed Anti-Discrimination Ordinance. The proposed ordinance he said not only cover lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) but also covers senior citizens, Muslims and the differently abled.