At least five Nepali gay men are contesting this year's elections in the hope of shattering taboos in the conservative nation, a gay candidate said.
Homosexuality is effectively illegal in Nepal under a law banning "unnatural sex". Offenders can be jailed for up to a year.
Gay and transgender Nepalis complain that they are often excluded from jobs and schools because of their sexuality, and sometimes are victims of assault or rape, including by police.
"It is a prejudiced society," said Sunil Babu Pant, founder of a leading gay rights group, Blue Diamond Society. Full story...
Neal Boulton is the editor of Genre, the gay men's magazine, and something called BastardLife.
Liverpool's Anglican cathedral held a well-attended memorial service for a young gay man on Saturday.
Mikaela Sutherland Dunitz
In 1961, less than 50 years ago, President-elect Barack Obama's parents could not have married in half of the United States of America.
More than 500,000 people have died from Aids-related illnesses in the US in the last 27 years - but has Aids really changed the country?
The actor Paul Michael Glaser, who presents a Radio 2 documentary on the subject on Tuesday, has no doubt it has had a tremendous impact at a personal level.
Backers of a constitutional ban on gay marriage plan to reintroduce the proposal in next year's legislature, but in a slightly revised form.
Waiting to die
The BBC is following the lives of seven people from a community in Lesotho, as they struggle to live with the HIV crisis.
By Bob Smietana, The (Nashville) Tennessean
SMYRNA, Tenn. — In the rows of spinach and collard greens behind All Saints Episcopal Church, a quiet resurrection is underway.
The unexpectedly large and boisterous crowd that rallied against California's Proposition 8 at Philadelphia City Hall on a recent Saturday marked a turning point for the gay community.
A former University of Toledo administrator who was fired after writing a column for a local publication is suing the university.
AUGUSTA -- HIV and AIDS are prevalent in Maine, according to the Maine AIDS Alliance. Attacking the problem will require leadership and doing more with fewer state resources.
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