LGBT rights

Rev. Lee Dong-hwan was from a church in South Korea, for conducting a “blessing ceremony” at a Queer Culture Festival. VICE World News speaks with him to find out more.

In this episode of “Rainbow Guide to Life” VICE World News takes a look at what life is like for gay monks in Thailand’s Buddhist monasteries.

VICE meets with AMUBA, Indonesia's first all-trans girlband, and learns about their struggle to build a music career in a country where the LGBTQ community is so maligned.

VICE travels to Asia's youngest nation of Timor-Leste to march at its annual Pride parade and learn about the LGBTQ community's Pride—and fight—to come out in a deeply religious place. ©Clementino Amaral.

VICE talks to experts to trace the rise and fall of Indonesia's queer cinema since the start of the Reformasi era and imagines what the future looks like for LGBTQ representation on screen.

Back-to-back protests hit Trump's inauguration