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Newsletter Issue 619
Jan 11, 2013
Agenda
Graubunden

Arosa Gay Ski Week

2013-01-06 - 2013-01-13
Hong Kong

New Big GAY Quiz Night - Volume BEAT

2013-01-13
Cebu

SINULOG FESTIVAL, Jan. 20th

2013-01-14 - 2013-01-20
Singapore

M1SFF2013: Kanako Sasaki (Japan) - A Note of Yasnaya Polyana

2013-01-16 - 2013-01-27
Singapore

M1SFF2013: Hideaki Hamada (Japan) - 赤子 Haru & Mina

2013-01-16 - 2013-01-27
Singapore

M1SFF2013: Re: Dance Theatre (Singapore) - Revisit the Sunflower

2013-01-16 - 2013-01-17
Singapore

M1SFF2013: GOTANNDADAN (Japan) - Going on the Way to Get Lost

2013-01-16 - 2013-01-17
Singapore

M1SFF2013: Robert Foster (UK) - Pratfall

2013-01-17 - 2013-01-18
Singapore

M1SFF2013: cieLaroque | helene weinzierl (Austria) - esnes.n.on2

2013-01-18 - 2013-01-19
Singapore

M1SFF2013: The Necessary Stage (Singapore) - Best Of...

2013-01-24 - 2013-01-27
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News / Features
News

Interpersonal contact with gay people increases acceptance: Singapore study

Personally knowing gay men and lesbians – more than seeing gay characters in films and TV shows – has shown to increase positive attitudes and affect acceptance of gay men and lesbians. The results also show a small but significant trend toward greater tolerance of homosexuals in Singapore.

Entertainment

Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China

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.

News

Ugandan LGBT group files suit against anti-gay American pastor in Massachusetts

In a first case of its kind, LGBT rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda has filed a suit against anti-gay American pastor Scott Lively for persecution of gay men and lesbians in Uganda.

News

A slice of justice for anti-gay heckler

Customers and employees at a pizza truck in Ohio, US defend a gay couple who were told by an anti-gay heckler to cut out the "gay shit" while waiting in line for their food.

News

Singapore: Queer women's group Sayoni meets with Law Minister

Members of queer women's group Sayoni met with Singapore's Law Minister and Foreign Affairs, K Shanmugam who when asked about the cascading effects of laws and censorship in Singapore said that the "majority’s social acceptance" is needed before there can be any changes (in the laws and policies).

Entertainment

'Glee' co-creator Ryan Murphy and husband announce newborn son

Ryan Murphy on New Year's Day tweeted the first public photograph of his infant son Logan Phineas Miller Murphy, who was born on Christmas Eve.

Lifestyle

Young and Dangerous Reloaded

Tired youth mobster franchise gets a reboot and an infusion of new blood.

Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad is perfectly disposable pulp mash, you won't be disappointed if you choose to see it for the visuals and music alone, but you're not missing much if you miss out on it.

Deadfall

One of those movies you go see to just to see the simple joy of big thrills on a low budget.

Seven Psychopaths

Seven Psychopaths is a LA crime story that, through its goofy and ridiculous genre-spoofing, approaches genius.

Silver Linings Playbook

A comedy that draws its laughs from male neuroses to critique them.

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