From 1 to 15 December, Singaporean lesbian artist Tania De Rozario will exhibit A Language of Longing, a collection of works inspired by relationships between women. She speaks to us about her art – and about her recent victory in the Golden Point Awards for poetry.
Pioneering gay Singaporean writer Andrew Koh is back in town. On Wed, Nov 9, he’ll be giving a reading from his award-winning novel Glass Cathedral. Ng Yi-Sheng chats with the Sydney-based nurse and writer about the "non-reception" he received despite winning a Commendation Award in the Singapore Literature Prize in 1994 and his new career in Chinese medicine.
In the run-up to the Singapore Writers Festival, Fridae is interviewing some of the openly queer writers who’ll be featured in the program. This week, we profile Singaporean web diva Pat Law.
The third Shanghai Pride will be held from Oct 22 - 29. Jennifer Chang and Lisa Dazols, a couple who left their San Francisco home in June to travel the world for a year in search of “Supergays” who are creating change for the LGBTQ community, speak with Shanghai Pride organisers Dylan Chen, Charlene Liu and Kenneth Tan.
Leow Yangfa, an openly gay social worker in Singapore, has launched I Will Survive, a website to collect personal lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) stories to raise awareness about coming out for LGBT communities, and promote discussion around LGBT-relevant issues.
Emerging Singaporean director Lincoln Chia is receiving double exposure: his films 牡丹 (Mu Dan) and Echo are showing at the ongoing Indignation Film Festival (Aug 10 & 12) in Singapore while his latest short-film 姐妹 (Sisters), which is partially funded by Fridae, will premiere at the InDPanda International Short Film Festival in Hong Kong this weekend.
Many LGBT individuals are conflicted between their sexual orientation and religious beliefs. The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) finds this conflict needless. Fridae's Raymond Ko speaks to Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson of the MCC about her church and her life when she was in Hong Kong last week.
Back from a brief hiatus after donating half his liver to his father last year, Singapore DJ Johnson Ong aka DJ Big Kid is headed for the Paradise Festival in Hawaii on May 13 followed by gigs in Beijing and Shanghai the same month.
Fridae interviews Singaporean artist Michael Lee, whose latest work Office Orchitect is showing at the Singapore Biennale, about his legacy of homoerotic art. His first gay-themed work One Or Zero (1997) is still banned in Singapore despite having bagged the first prize in the experimental category of the United Film and Video Association Student Film Competition.
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