Milestones in Asia's Gay and Lesbian Communities:
1st Asian Gay Magazine: Barazoku, Japan, 1971
1st Asian Gay Rights Organization: Indonesia, 1981
1st Thai Gay Magazine: Mithuna, 1983
1st Japanese Gay Rights Organization: JILGA, 1983
1st Taiwanese Gay-Themed Novel: Crystal Boys, 1983
1st Thai Lesbian Organization: Anjaree, 1986
1st Singaporean Gay Magazine: OG, 1987
1st Malaysian Gay AIDS Organization: Pink Triangle, 1988
1st Thai Gay AIDS Organization: FACT, 1988
1st Indian Gay Magazine: Bombay Dost, 1989
1st Asian Gay Film/Video Festival: Hong Kong, 1989
1st Taiwanese Lesbian Activist Organization: Women Zhi Jian, 1990
Hong Kong Decriminalization of Homosexuality, 1991
1st International Asian Lesbian Conference: Bangkok, 1991
1st Gay Play in Singapore, Another Tribe by Fong Yong Chin, 1991
1st Japanese International Gay Film/Video Festival: Tokyo, 1992
China Decriminalization of Homosexuality: 1993
1st Taiwanese Lesbian Magazine: Ai Bao, 1993
1st Asian Gay Rights Conference: Indonesia, 1993
1st Gay Art Show in Singapore: Tan Peng & John Goss, Feb 20, 1993
1st Asian Gay Pride March: Manila, Jun 26, 1994
1st Japanese Gay Pride March: Tokyo, 1994
1st Indian Gay Conference: Mumbai, 1994
1st Thai Gay and Lesbian Book Shop: Utopia, Dec 13, 1994
1st Asian Gay and Lesbian Internet Portal: Utopia-Asia.com, Dec 13, 1995
1st Taiwanese Gay Wedding: 1996
1st Officially Authorized Taiwanese Gay Magazine: G&L, 1996
1st Thai International Gay Film/Video Festival: Bangkok, Oct 11, 1996
1st International Chinese Tongzhi Conference: Hong Kong, Dec, 1996
1st Asian Lesbian Pride March: Tokyo, 1997
1st Taiwanese Gay Pride Event: Taipei, June 29, 1997
Legal Victory in Gay Discrimination Suit: Tokyo, Sep 16, 1997
1st Korean Gay Magazine: Buddy, 1998
1st Chinese National Lesbian Conference: Beijing 1998
1st Thai International Gay Pride Festival: Bangkok, Oct 31, 1999
1st Indonesian Lesbian Organization: Swara Srikandi, 2000
1st Utopia Awards for Gay & Lesbian Pioneers: Bangkok, Nov 4, 2000
China Officially Declassifies Homosexuality as a Disease: 2001
1st Chinese Gay Film Festival: Beijing, 2001
Thailand Officially Declassifies Homosexuality as a Mental Disorder: 2002
1st Cambodian Gay Pride Event: Phnom Penh, 2003
1st Sri Lankan GLBT AIDS Event: Jul 3, 2003
1st Taiwanese Gay Pride March: Nov 1, 2003
1st Korean Gay Wedding: Mar, 2004
1st Indian Gay and Lesbian Center: Mumbai, Apr 25, 2004
1st Hong Kong GLBT Rights Rally, May 17, 2005
1st Int'l Conference of Asian GLBT Studies: Bangkok, July 7-9, 2005
1st Sri Lankan Pride Celebration: Colombo, July 20, 2005
1st Singaporean Public Pride Festival: Indignation, the month of Aug, 2005
