Japan’s top court axes sterilization surgery requirement for legal gender change

Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law requiring transgender individuals to undergo sterilization surgery to officially change their gen...

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...

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 ...

Singapore to end colonial-era ban on sex between men

Singapore is set to repeal Section 377A of its penal code, a colonial-era law that criminalizes sex between men. Prime Minister Lee Hsien ...

International couple challenges Taiwan’s same-sex marriage law

A same-sex couple whose marriage registration has been rejected twice in Taiwan is fighting back.  Challenging Taiwan’s same-sex law: The pa...