China: A same-sex couple’s dispute over custody of their children has been filed in court

A same-sex couple’s dispute over custody of their children has been filed in court in China. On March 17, 2020, a female same-sex couple’s case regarding guardianship and custody over their two children was accepted by Dinghai District People’s Court of Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. At present, the court is organizing both sides to carry out mediation before litigation.

India: Trans community's lives come to standstill, but hope presents itself through welfare initiatives

The worst affected are those who belong to the lower socio-economic strata of society, daily-wage earners and migrant workers, and the homeless. Also part of this group is India's transgender community, which continues to exist on the margins of society and is vulnerable to poverty and ill-health.

India: CHALO! an online educational and behavioral intervention for internet-based messaging intervention for HIV testing and consistent condom use among MSM

 Leveraging internet-based communication tools (eg, messaging apps, SMS text messaging, and email) may be an effective avenue for delivery of HIV prevention messages to men who have sex with men (MSM) in India, but there are limited models for such internet-based interventions.