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Newsletter Issue 587
May 31, 2012
Agenda
Singapore

Ng Eng Teng: Nudes | Studio Ceramics

2012-03-29 - 2013-04-08
Chaoyang District

Ginseng by various artists

2012-04-28 - 2012-06-10
Singapore

Summary Report for Impact of Homophobia and Transphobia on the LGBTQ individuals in Singapore

2012-05-17 - 2012-06-17
Shinjuku

BAD BOYS vol.19

2012-06-02 - 2012-06-03
New York City

Dumplings N' Dates

2012-06-02
Singapore

Tru-Me Pageant 2012

2012-06-02 - 2012-06-03
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News / Features
Entertainment

Gaga in Asia

Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball premiered in Singapore last night. This marks the last stop of her multi-city Asian tour, due to the official cancellation of her Jakarta performance. Ng Yi-Sheng looks back at a month of pride and protests.

Feature

LGBT diversity good for individuals and business

LGBT diversity in the workplace is not only good for individuals and have a positive impact on the community but also spurs business growth at the same time, say speakers at the recent 'The Power of LGBT Diversity in the Workplace and Marketplace' conference in Bangkok that was organised by Fridae and sponsored by IBM.

News

Community Business and Barclays release groundbreaking LGBT climate study

Sponsored by Barclays and conducted by Hong Kong University's Public Opinion Programme, this is the first statistically reliable survey published on Hong Kong's attitudes to sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace.

Feature

A new name in Hong Kong activism: Pink Alliance

Hong Kong's Tongzhi Community Joint Meeting (TCJM for short) has decided to adopt a working name called Pink Alliance for its activities whilst keeping the TCJM name for its legally established and registered non-profit NGO. Fridae's Hong Kong Correspondent Nigel Collett has more on the group's history and new developments.

Entertainment

Imagining Gay Paradise: Bali, Bangkok and Cyber-Singapore

Nigel Collett reviews Imagining Gay Paradise: Bali, Bangkok and Cyber-Singapore, a book by journalist and academic Gary L. Atkins that depicts gay paradises in Southeast Asia and the men who created them: Walter Spies, a gay German painter in Bali; Khun Toc who conceptualised the well known sauna Babylon in Bangkok; and Dr Stuart Koe who founded Fridae..

Lifestyle

The Hedgehog

The Hedgehog is charming and twee, occasionally grating, but endearing little picture.

Men in Black 3

MIB3 is an amusing and agreeable trifle of a movie, perfect for the summer countdown.

Killer Wolf

A killer version of Lassie stalks this cornball but entertaining police thriller that's a serial killer film for animal lovers!

ATM

Next time you go to an ATM lobby, look behind you!

Hot New Pop Alert: Role Models (Tony Oller & Malcolm David Kelley)

It's never too early to alert you about a very promising new pop act that's about to burst onto the scene in a mighty, big way. So welcome to the bleeding edge of exciting new pop to meet Role Models.

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