Manila
Supporters take part in an annual gay pride march calling for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Manila on December 3, 2011. Although the Philippines is Asia’s bastion of Catholicism, gays and lesbians are openly tolerated here. The Philippines made headlines when it held the first gay pride march in Asia in 1994 and a few years ago became the first country in Southeast Asia to have an official gay political party. AFP PHOTO / JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)