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The Prime Minister of Singapore clarified in a speech on Sunday night that his earlier comments in Time magazine "do not signal any change in policy" but urged Singaporeans to accept gay people as fellow human beings.

Paerin Choa and Rick Tan from the cast of The Necessary Stage's play Mardi Gras spill the beans on what they really think of the play and of a real Mardi Gras in Singapore� The play opens tonight and plays till 17 August.

Organisers hail the Nation.03 party a success, marking the first time in local TV history a local - or any gay event for that matter - has been reported in a positive light accompanied by snippets of men dancing away on podiums.

Fridae is pleased to announce that Subaru, represented by MotorImage Enterprises Pte Ltd, is a major sponsor of Nation.03. The event, which will be held in Singapore on August 8, 2003, is an all-inclusive dance party to celebrate Singapore's National Day.

Church leaders in Malaysia, India and Australia have spoken out against the appointment of the worldwide Anglican Communion's first openly gay bishop who was finally endorsed by the American bishops after he was cleared of last minute allegations of sexual misconduct.

Episcopal leaders have postponed the vote indefinitely as allegations emerged that he inappropriately touched a man and was affiliated with a youth web site that had a link to pornography.

For the first time in history, Reverend Canon Gene Robinson, an openly gay clergyman has won one of two final votes required to be confirmed the new bishop of New Hampshire.

Back by popular demand! DJ Jake Kilby, a hot favourite Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras veteran returns to Singapore for a night of dark, twisted partying at the newly refurnished ChinaBlack.

A new study indicates that HIV infection rates have risen among gay and bisexual men in some states for the third consecutive year, raising fears that the AIDS virus could be poised for a major comeback in the group hardest hit by the epidemic.

The National Council of Churches of Singapore which represents Anglicans, Methodists and Presbyterians, among other mainstream denominations, has called on the government to maintain its current legislation criminalising gay sex among other recommendations.