" Khin Maung Htun, a gay man in Myanmar, was standing on the street one night last year scrolling through his phone when police showed up to arrest some men who had been fighting nearby. The brawl had nothing to do with him; he had not even realised it was going on. But one of the police officers happened to know some acquaintances of his and recognised his face. "He is gay," the officer told his colleagues as he pointed at Khin Maung Htun, "so arrest him too." More: Singapore court to hear cases seeking to decriminalise gay sex... Charges in Mongolia LGBT attack hint at changing attitudes...Gay fathers get less paid parental leave than other couples... At the police station, he was made to kneel down with the other men as police kicked them. Then he was singled out by an officer who demanded to know why he was gay, before slapping him....."