The first survey on homophobia in the workplace in China has found that only 6% of gay men and lesbians questioned are fully out at work.

The survey of 2,161 respondents found that 47.62% are fully in the closet at work and around 46% are out to some of their colleagues.

Over 50% had heard offensive words used about LGBT people, over 30% have heard or suffered personal attacks about sexual orientation and over 20% have resigned or considered resigning because of a hostile work environment.

The report, from Aibai LGBT rights group, also found: 

It does not matter whether you are gay, bisexual or straight, there is a worldwide call to combat homophobia with a kiss this week.

Across the globe, there will be several 'kiss-ins' promoting the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.

In the UK, Manchester's Lesbian & Gay Foundation will 'Kiss Hate Goodbye' with a flash mob on 18 May.

Grahame Robertson, a spokesman from the charity, told GSN: ‘The Kiss Hate Goodbye flash mob and campaign in general is a chance for everyone to make a big statement against LGBT hate crime.

A piece on Channel 7's Weekend Sunrise about gay marriage got some surprise romance this Saturday when Mitchell Luo proposed to his boyfriend Pablo Molina on live TV.

The couple were being interviewed on the show about gay life in China, where they both live.

'Marriage is the ticket to be able to get into society,' said Luo talking about why 80% of gay men in China marry women.

Gay sex is to blame for most of 2,000 new HIV infections in China last year, according to health experts.

Over 1,700 college students were infected with HIV in 2012, approximately 65% of which were contracted through sex with people of the same gender, according to Xinhau News Agency.

Most of the 1,700 cases were male students, said deputy director of the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention Wang Ning.

Ning said that more people getting tested for HIV is one reason for a rise in new cases.

A gay German PR expert working in Beijing was devastated and humiliated when he lost his job allegedly because his client at Mercedes-Benz found his 'lifestyle' (sexuality) 'unacceptable'.

Stefan Susbauer started working for German PR agency OSK in Beijing as China general manager in June 2011.

Susbauer said OSK told him last year he could no longer work for them because a Chinese executive at Daimler AG (who own Mercedes-Benz) had a problem with his 'lifestyle', claims which have been unsubstantiated. 

A lesbian couple who attempted to register their marriage at a government office in Beijing on Monday were treated rudely by staff there.

'When the couple expressed the desire to get married, the person behind the desk was visibly shocked and annoyed, and told the two visitors to consult another department,' said a statement from Beijing LGBT Center.

'When the couple further asked this staff member about marriage equality in China, the staff got up and left, leaving the lesbian couple without a choice but to exit.'

Chinese gay rights group Queer Comrades produced a video looking at significant events in the LGBT rights movement in China from September 2011 to August 2012.

The seven minute film uses news clips to show 10 events. These are:

An LGBT rights group formed in response to the Hong Kong government's refusal to engage on improving rights for sexual minorities has inspired an elderly couple in China to come out and declare their love for each other.

Big Love Alliance's campaign has been a huge hit on Weibo (China's Twitter) with thousands of celebrities and ordinary 'netizens' posting their support.

Chinese sociologist Pan Guangdan has documented acceptance of same-sex relationships in China going back thousands of years, suggesting that tolerance for LGBTs may be coming full circle in the People’s Republic of China.

Pan made the discovery while translating the 1933 Havelock Ellis book Psychology of Sex from English into Chinese.

Ellis was the first person to author a medical textbook on homosexuality and the book inspired Pan to see what evidence there was for homosexuality in Chinese historical documents.

Activists in Macau are planning a march for gay rights on Thursday in response to the government not including same-sex partners in drafted cohabitation law.

Jason Chao, who started a Facebook page urging the government to include gay couples in the domestic partnership law, called a press conference yesterday to announce the parade.

A job advert in China which says it is searching for gay applicants has been deleted after sparking outrage.

The position for a public relations manager at luxury goods website soklo.com was posted in Chinese and English on recruitment site 51job.com.

However, its criteria that the applicant should be 'male, aged 25 to 30,' and 'homosexual is the first priority' angered jobseekers in the country who slammed the pro-gay advert on social networks.

Chinese concert goers might find they have less opportunities to see Western performers after Sir Elton John dedicated his Beijing stadium show to dissent artist Ai Weiwei, a persistent thorn in the side of the Chinese communist government.

Western musicians have to submit set list and song lyrics to the government, and promise not to make controversial statements, before given permission to perform in the one-party state.

After a 2008 Bjork concert in Shanghai, in which she chanted 'Tibet, Tibet', many Western acts were refused permits to play in China.