Fridae

Is Internet cruising and dating the superhighway to sex? Join Mark Adnum as he debates whether or not online cruising is about liberation, privacy and independent sexuality or if it has driven gay social skills back into the pre-stone(wall) age.

Mark Adnum reviews Walking On Water, a compelling Australian drama about grief and friendship as 2 friends nurse their best friend Gavin through the final days of his death from AIDS.

Sydney, host of the 2002 Gay Games and its own annual gay and lesbian Mardi Gras, has a reputation of being the gay capital of the region. Mark Adnum looks at how the city has progressed since the Mardi Gras' beginning as a fist-throwing street march 25 years ago.

Has 'homophobia' become an overused word - used far too often by those who want a quick, generally accepted excuse for everything and anything? Mark Adnum relates his experience at a raid in Bangkok recently and warns that we all need to take responsibility for our adult selves.

Fridae's Mark Adnum critiques the recent Gay Games 2002 and discusses the possibilities of holding an Asian Gay Games.

"Are you HIV prejudiced?" This World AIDS Day, Mark Adnum contemplates the slogan of the global 2002-2003 UNAIDS co-ordinated campaign focusing on eliminating stigma and discrimination.

The Wedding Banquet. Farewell My Concubine. Bishonen. The Iron Ladies. Fridae's Mark Adnum looks into the issue of gay film culture and explores the portrayal of gay characters in Asian films.

Just what is gay Asian culture and how different is it from its Western counterpart? Fridae's new writer, Mark Adnum, tackles this cultural issue and offers some theories of his own.