Sports and Culture

Singaporean singer Wils wants his music to help others struggling with their identity

Rising pop star Wils refused to be disheartened when his record label dropped him for coming out and deleted his popular social media accounts. Now based in Los Angeles, he explores what it’s like to navigate the ups and downs of love as a gay man on his new album

South Korea: Over 24,000 linked to Itaewon cluster tested

More than 24,000 people connected with the recent new coronavirus outbreak in Seoul's popular multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon have been tested for COVID-19, thanks to the adoption of free and anonymous tests, the city mayor said Thursday.

South Korea: Homophobia Hampers South Korea's Virus Campaign

As South Korea grapples with a new spike in coronavirus infections thought to be linked to nightspots in Seoul, including several popular with gay men, it's also seeing rising homophobia that's making it difficult for sexual minorities to come forward for diagnostic tests.

US: Aimee Stephens, the center of landmark transgender rights Supreme Court case, dies before the ruling

For the better part of the past decade, Aimee Stephens was fighting two battles: one against kidney disease, and another that went to the Supreme Court, a potential landmark case over her 2013 firing after coming out to her boss as transgender.

Indonesia: YouTube prankster arrested after giving out garbage-filled 'aid packages' to transwomen

Vlogger Ferdian Paleka has been arrested after posting a YouTube video of him and his friend apparently pulling a "prank" on transwomen by giving them fake staple food donations in the form of boxes containing garbage.