Asian Lesbian & Gay News Archive (I'm always going to put Lesbian before Gay, any day)

Lesbian (and gay, bisexual, and trans) rights activists celebrated during a rally in New Delhi in July after the city’s highest court decriminalized homosexuality. [source: here]

While much of the world celebrated Gay Pride in June, Mumbai waited. The Queer Azaadi March (“azaadi” means freedom), in fact, is this Sunday, a day after the 62nd anniversary of India’s independence. The implicit association: the freedom of sexual orientation and the country’s freedom from the clutch of colonialism. [source: *here*]

Everything below is from *here*.

Asian Gay & Lesbian News Archive
(listed from the oldest to newest in each section)

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Asia (general) | Australia | Burma/Myanmar | Cambodia
China/Hong Kong | India | Indonesia | Japan | Korea | Laos
Malaysia | Nepal | Philippines | Singapore | Sri Lanka
Taiwan | Thailand | Vietnam

Milestones in Asia's Gay and Lesbian Communities:

1st Asian Gay Magazine: Barazoku, Japan, 1971 1st Asian Gay Rights Organization: Indonesia, 1981 1st Thai Gay Magazine: Mithuna, 1983 1st Japanese Gay Rights Organization: JILGA, 1983 1st Taiwanese Gay-Themed Novel: Crystal Boys, 1983 1st Thai Lesbian Organization: Anjaree, 1986 1st Singaporean Gay Magazine: OG, 1987 1st Malaysian Gay AIDS Organization: Pink Triangle, 1988 1st Thai Gay AIDS Organization: FACT, 1988 1st Indian Gay Magazine: Bombay Dost, 1989 1st Asian Gay Film/Video Festival: Hong Kong, 1989 1st Taiwanese Lesbian Activist Organization: Women Zhi Jian, 1990 Hong Kong Decriminalization of Homosexuality, 1991 1st International Asian Lesbian Conference: Bangkok, 1991 1st Gay Play in Singapore, Another Tribe by Fong Yong Chin, 1991 1st Japanese International Gay Film/Video Festival: Tokyo, 1992 China Decriminalization of Homosexuality: 1993 1st Taiwanese Lesbian Magazine: Ai Bao, 1993 1st Asian Gay Rights Conference: Indonesia, 1993 1st Gay Art Show in Singapore: Tan Peng & John Goss, Feb 20, 1993 1st Asian Gay Pride March: Manila, Jun 26, 1994 1st Japanese Gay Pride March: Tokyo, 1994 1st Indian Gay Conference: Mumbai, 1994 1st Thai Gay and Lesbian Book Shop: Utopia, Dec 13, 1994 1st Asian Gay and Lesbian Internet Portal: Utopia-Asia.com, Dec 13, 1995 1st Taiwanese Gay Wedding: 1996 1st Officially Authorized Taiwanese Gay Magazine: G&L, 1996 1st Thai International Gay Film/Video Festival: Bangkok, Oct 11, 1996 1st International Chinese Tongzhi Conference: Hong Kong, Dec, 1996 1st Asian Lesbian Pride March: Tokyo, 1997 1st Taiwanese Gay Pride Event: Taipei, June 29, 1997 Legal Victory in Gay Discrimination Suit: Tokyo, Sep 16, 1997 1st Korean Gay Magazine: Buddy, 1998 1st Chinese National Lesbian Conference: Beijing 1998 1st Thai International Gay Pride Festival: Bangkok, Oct 31, 1999 1st Indonesian Lesbian Organization: Swara Srikandi, 2000 1st Utopia Awards for Gay & Lesbian Pioneers: Bangkok, Nov 4, 2000 China Officially Declassifies Homosexuality as a Disease: 2001 1st Chinese Gay Film Festival: Beijing, 2001 Thailand Officially Declassifies Homosexuality as a Mental Disorder: 2002 1st Cambodian Gay Pride Event: Phnom Penh, 2003 1st Sri Lankan GLBT AIDS Event: Jul 3, 2003 1st Taiwanese Gay Pride March: Nov 1, 2003 1st Korean Gay Wedding: Mar, 2004 1st Indian Gay and Lesbian Center: Mumbai, Apr 25, 2004 1st Hong Kong GLBT Rights Rally, May 17, 2005 1st Int'l Conference of Asian GLBT Studies: Bangkok, July 7-9, 2005 1st Sri Lankan Pride Celebration: Colombo, July 20, 2005 1st Singaporean Public Pride Festival: Indignation, the month of Aug, 2005 Thailand's 1st National Human Rights Day for Sexual Diversity, Nov 29, 2008 Shanghai's 1st Pride Week, June 7-14, 2009 Dehli Repeals Anti-Homosexual Laws, July 2, 2009