Fridae

A record 25,000 participants turned out for the 7th Taiwan Pride Parade which concluded at gates of the Presidential Office Building on Ketagalan Boulevard for the first time to protest at the government’s meagre progress made in gay rights promised to the community during past elections.

About 15,000 people turned up at the Taiwan Pride Parade 2007 held on Saturday, October 13, in Taipei, breaking its previous record of 10,000; mega-pop star A-Mei pledged to serve as Rainbow Star Ambassador.

Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin opens in Singapore this weekend. The Asian American director of Nowhere, Totally F***ed Up and Doom Generation tells Fridae about how a "totally normal, ordinary and boring" guy moves audiences young and old with more than just skin in his new film.