Phuket Pride 2013, April 22 - 28

Festival organisers have unveiled their line-up of 25 events over seven days including a parade, volleyball tournament, street parties, film screenings, bowling competition and the Mr Gay Fongkaew Phuket competition.

Very high incidence of high-grade pre-cancerous anal lesions among young HIV-positive Thai gay men

Extremely concerned by their findings, investigators recommend that healthcare providers, policy makers and communities of gay men need to make plans for screening and treating pre-cancerous anal lesions.

Do gay men deserve to get cheated on?

Although cheating is not specific to any sexual orientation, is it more tolerable or even acceptable among gay men than among heterosexuals? This writer wonders if gay men have learnt (implicitly) that not only do we not get censured for our misdeeds, but we may even get rewarded for it.

Gay mountain climber Cason Crane to meet youths in Singapore, Mar 29

Meet 20-year-old gay activist and mountain climber Cason Crane, who has raised US$100,000 for the Trevor Project which provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBT youths in the US, by climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents.

Two US Supreme Court appeals: A backgrounder

Two historic appeals on marriage are being argued in the US Supreme Court this week. One is a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The other is about an amendment to the state constitution in California. Douglas Sanders, Professor Emeritus in Law at Canada’s University of British Columbia and Thailand's Chulalongkorn University, provides a backgrounder to the two cases.

Brian McKenna at the Courtyard, Beijing, China

British-born chef Brian McKenna, who received the coveted Five Star Diamond Award in 2009 as one of the World's Best Chefs, has launched his newest venture in Beijing, at The Courtyard.