Many international locations rejoice Pride in June, recognizing L.B.G.T.Q. folks and their struggles for equality world wide. But that struggle, and that celebration, look totally different in other places.

In Asia and the Pacific, same-sex marriage is authorized solely in Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan, in line with the Human Rights Campaign. India’s Supreme Court heard arguments final month in a case to legalize gay marriage.

Many L.G.B.T.Q. folks will rejoice Pride in Asian cities this month, as they’ve finished for years. But greater than a dozen international locations throughout the area nonetheless criminalize consensual gay sex, together with Afghanistan, Pakistan and Brunei, in line with knowledge from the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.

Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, drew criticism final month from the nation’s conservatives for supporting gay rights there. (Japan is the one Group of seven nation the place same-sex unions are not legal, although public support is strong.)

Now, as we look forward to June, we’d love to listen to from L.G.B.T.Q. readers throughout Asia and the Pacific. Do you’re feeling safer now than you probably did just a few years in the past? Have your worries modified? Have your joys? How do you rejoice together with your group?

We might characteristic your response in a future version of the Asia Pacific Morning Briefing.