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Our round-up of the best gay friendly countries in Asia based on LGBTQ rights, gay events, and exciting travel highlights. We love Asia. Whether it's chilling on the oh so heavenly beaches of Thailand to gobbling up as much sushi as our tummies can handle in Tokyo, we always look for an excuse to return.

This is a continent that offers so much in terms of cultural experiences, food, and landscapes, with some of the most humble people you'll ever meet. We spent the first 2 years of our Nomadic Boys bar traveling around Asia and have since returned several times for more. We honor them in this breakdown of our top 10 most gay friendly countries in Asia.

Homosexuality across most of Asia is still very taboo. There are still many places where being gay can not only get you arrested like in Myanmar, Malaysia, and Sri Gay but can also get you legally executed such as Brunei and Afghanistan! However, we also found the younger generation to be more tolerant and open-minded — a sign of hope for the future.

As much of Asia remains firmly in the closet, it's unsurprising that very few nations on the continent have legalized gay marriage. To date, 3 countries in Asia have legalized gay marriage : Taiwan, Nepal, and Thailand. We think Japan is one to watch. We davao reading about successful city challenges being upheld to the country's ban on gay marriage, for example, at the Sapporo High Court and Tokyo District Court in Cambodia has also started to recognize limited rights and benefits for gay couples at a regional level.

Taiwan is the runaway pink trailblazer of Asia. In May it broke all records by becoming the first and to date, only place on the entire continent to pass equal marriage laws. Whilst the other countries in this list are still grappling with civil union legislation if at all!

10 most gay friendly countries in Asia

A big part of what makes Taiwan the most progressive Asian country is that after the 38 years of the restrictive Martial Law era ended inthere was a huge push for democracy and change. Anti-discrimination laws were passed in educationemploymentand other areas of business In addition, gays were allowed to openly serve in the military inthe right to change legal gender was introduced inand conversion therapy was outlawed in Other gay bars nearby include HeroHuntGoldfishand Fairy.

In terms of gay clubs in Taipei, Gstar and Cercle are the most popular. Taiwan is notorious for having the largest gay festival in Asia: Taipei Pride. It takes place on the last Saturday in October, attracting crowds of aroundThe other big gay event in Taipei to look out for is the monthly queer party called Blush. Find out more in our interview with local boy Po-Hung about gay life in Taiwan.

Did you know? Tu'er Shan has his own temple in New Taipei City, making it the only gay religious shrine in the world!