The 2-time Academy Award-winning actress, director and producer's speech at the 70th Annual Golden Globes on Sunday is the most direct discussion of her sexuality yet.
Spanning much of the first decade of this new century, Hong Kong academic Lucetta Kam's research opens up a window into how, and how rapidly, Chinese queer life is changing, and describes the world of lalas (lesbians) in Shanghai, and to some degree, much of urbanised China in her new book.
Editors Audrey Yue and Jun Zubillaga-Pow have curated a solid collection of essays looking at LGBT Singapore from multiple perspectives, examining in particular the coexistence in the nation of institutionalised repression and tolerance of the gay community.
Fridae speaks to Vietnamese-American novelist Monique Truong, bestselling author of The Book of Salt which is set in 1920s Paris and features a young gay character – a Vietnamese cook who lives in the household of famous lesbian writers Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.
US actress and director Jodie Foster won the coveted prize which will be presented at the annual film awards show in January; she’s also the first openly gay woman to win since the award since it was first presented in 1952.
Thailand's first lesbian movie Yes or No, which was a surprise hit in China and Taiwan, returns to the screen with a sequel this month. Doug Sanders, who reviewed the first on Fridae, reports on the new two hour-long film.
Fridae's Nigel Collett caught up with Marshall Moore, the author and publisher Of The Infernal Republic, his new collection of short fiction. He had moved to Hong Kong in 2008 – after a three-year stint in South Korea – where he is once again teaching English.
The Tony award-winning musical 'La Cage aux Folles' is finally coming to Singapore, with performances from 20 July to 4 August 2012, W!ld Rice presents this classic tale of love and 'gay family values', set in a glitzy drag cabaret.
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