Loyola University Chicago drops race criteria for ‘diverse’ surgery internship program

Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine has reportedly removed racial requirements from an internship program that appeared t...

Amid anti-Asian and anti-white claims, Pfizer amends fellowship to allow applicants ‘regardless’ of race

Pfizer reportedly amended its criteria for a coveted fellowship program accused of discriminating against Asian and white applicants. The “q...

Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination

Seattle has become the first city in the world outside of South Asia to implement a ban on caste as part of its anti-discrimination law. The...

S. Korean court recognizes same-sex partner rights for first time in landmark ruling

A South Korean high court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex partners are eligible for coverage under their spouse’s government health insurance...

1 million Tibetan children in China separated from families, forced to assimilate, UN says

A recent United Nations report claims China has separated approximately 1 million Tibetan children from their families and placed them into...

Japan PM fires aid for homophobic remarks

Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fired and then apologized for his aide’s homophobic remarks.  On Friday, Kishida’s now-former aide, Arai ...

Hong Kong court makes landmark ruling allowing registration of gender change without surgery

Hong Kong’s highest court has ruled in favor of allowing transgender people to change their gender identity on government-issued ID cards wi...

Taiwan ranked the freest nation in Asia in 2022 Human Freedom Index

Taiwan is the freest country in Asia, according to the 2022 Human Freedom Index (HFI). The index, co-published by the Cato Institute and Fra...

New Ohio law requiring IDs to indicate if individual is ‘noncitizen’ sparks controversy

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has signed a controversial law that requires driver’s licenses and state identification to indicate whether ...

SCOTUS to decide whether comedian Jeff Ross’ roast of a convicted murderer can be used to sentence him to death

The Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) will rule on whether comedian Jeff Ross’ roast of a convicted murderer can be used to sentence him to...

UNC-Chapel Hill removes racial criterion for fellowship program limited to BIPOC amid civil rights complaint

After a civil rights complaint, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) removed a fellowship program criterion th...

Pfizer beats suit claiming anti-Asian, anti-white discrimination in fellowship program

A federal lawsuit alleging that pharmaceutical company Pfizer is discriminating against Asian and white applicants for a coveted fellowship...

South Korea’s supreme court delivers major victory to single transgender parents

South Korea’s supreme court ruled on Thursday that transgender individuals’ have the right to change their legal sex status, even if they h...

Antioch mayor apologizes to Chinese American Navy veteran for discrimination 82 years ago

Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe has officially apologized to Alfred Chan, a 98-year-old World War II Navy veteran who experienced discrimination...

Journalist jailed for waving British-Hong Kong flag during China national anthem

Paula Leung, a 42-year-old Hong Kong journalist, was jailed after waving a British-Hong Kong flag when China’s national anthem was played a...

After announcing plans to repeal gay sex ban, Singapore bans LGBTQ-plus film from screening

Local authorities have banned LGBTQ-plus movie “#LookAtMe” from screening in Singapore due to its “potential to cause enmity and social div...

Kelly Marie Tran to star in biopic about Nobel-nominated activist Amanda Nguyen

Kelly Marie Tran will produce and star in a biopic about civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen. The film will cover Nguyen’s story as a sexu...

Gov. Newsom signs No Place for Hate Bills to combat hate and harassment in California

The No Place for Hate Bills — SB 1161 and AB 2448 — were signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in California on Tuesday. The Increase Safet...

Sri Lanka’s president says government will not oppose bill to decriminalize homosexuality

Newly elected Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced Sunday his government would not oppose the motion submitted by Member of ...

Trans woman in Japan denied status as parent of her own daughter

A Japanese court has ruled that a trans woman in her 40s cannot be recognized as the legal parent of her second daughter due to her transit...

California’s Siskiyou County accused of discrimination against Asian Americans in new class action lawsuit

A federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Asian Americans Advancing Justice in San Francisco accuses California...

Singapore says those ‘engaging in gay sex’ will not be prosecuted despite archaic law that bans it

Singapore Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said in an interview on BBC’s “Hardtalk” that their government will not prosecute citizens und...

Queer California man faces risk of deportation to Fiji after living in the US for 44 years

Salesh “Sal” Prasad, 50, is facing deportation to his birth country, Fiji, where he is at risk of violence and abuse for being a queer pers...

SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade: AAPI Democratic lawmakers speak out on ruling; Republicans silent

Asian American Democratic lawmakers condemned the Supreme Court’s official overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday, noting that now is the tim...

Opinion: Sustaining the movement that Vincent Chin inspired

Editor’s note: Erika L. Moritsugu is Deputy Assistant to the President and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Senio...

Unity March: First Asian American-led march on National Mall will bring together thousands

A historic first-ever multicultural march led by Asian Americans on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to take place this w...

Why activism for many AAPIs starts with their voice in the classroom

In recent times — with the rise of Asian culture and the COVID-19 pandemic — my identity as an Asian American is suddenly in the spotlight. ...

Urvashi Vaid, influential LGBTQ activist and leader, dies at 63

Loved ones and members of queer activist communities are mourning the sudden passing of pioneering LGBTQ Indian American activist, attorney ...

Tokyo set to recognize same-sex partnerships starting November

On Tuesday, the Tokyo metropolitan government revealed its draft of a new registration system that would recognize same-sex partnerships. ...

Savita Halappanavar’s story takes the spotlight amid intensified debate on Roe v Wade overturning

On Monday, Politico published a leaked draft opinion suggesting that the Supreme Court could overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decisio...

South Korea’s Supreme Court overturns gay sex convictions of soldiers in a landmark ruling

On Thursday, South Korea’s Supreme Court decided that a previous ruling, in which two male soldiers who had engaged in consensual sex off o...

Parents sue Pennsylvania police, local prosecutors for fatal shooting of son Christian Hall

The parents of Christian Hall, the 19-year-old fatally shot by Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) in December 2020, have filed a wrongful death...

Rallies on first anniversary of Atlanta spa shootings unite the country

On the one-year anniversary of the shootings at three Georgia massage businesses, rallies across the country were held to commemorate its ei...

Human rights journalist in Vietnam sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for ‘conducting propaganda’

A renowned journalist dubbed the “leading voice for human rights” in Vietnam by Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaig...

New Documentary Reveals the Struggle of a Vietnamese American Family Separated by ICE

It has long been Lan Nguyen’s mission to bring to light on one of the most overlooked facets of the United State’s crackdown on immigr...

Pho Restaurant Owner Calls Ex-Manager the N-Word for Quitting

A pho restaurant in Texas has landed in hot water after a former employee posted a screenshot of a co-owner dropping the N-word and calling ...