International Protest of Anti-Gay Persecution in Chechnya Grows; more in Global LGBT Recap
…se islands have been at the forefront of Asia’s gay rights movement. While Singapore criminalizes gay sex and China cracks down on LGBT organizing, Taiwan has moved toward inclusion: Gays and lesbians serve openly in the military, textbooks extol equality, and Taipei’s annual gay-pride parade draws tens of thousands from across the region and around the world. Taiwanese often credit this openness to Taiwan’s range of cultural influences, from indi…
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