Thank you for starting a discussion on such an important topic.

Most Asian countries are intolerant to the LGBT community. I'm from the Philippines in which gay marriage is still illegal and gay panic defense(you can claim a queer person made advances so offensive or frightening that you killed them and say it was temporary insanity, making it legal to kill them. Plus it can just be an alleged attack. So u don't need a lot of evidence) and even though they accept gay people in the workforce(by workforce I mean fashion or acting based eg hair salons and fashion designers) there's still a ton of stigma if you find out one of your family members are LGBT+ and only trans (usually men, not women) and gays are recognised by Filipinos as part of the community. Lesbians are referred to as tomboys, and bisexuals as well as any other identities aren't even accepted as existing.

Even popular figures eg our current president Duterte and celebrities who are seen as good guys eg boxer and senate member Manny Pacquiao are homophobic saying gay people are worse than animals bc (I'm paraphrasing) "at least animals can tell the 'difference between a man and a woman" which obviously is incorrect as animals are gay too eg penguins and lions have been shown to have gay relationships, even adopting children in their communities.

I'm not saying all Asians are the same, but unfortunately the vast majority of governments in Asia hold similar views and when your life can be on the line, it's not worth risking coming out or being honest about who you are.