Singapore's glbt community to meet on Thursday, July 10, to discuss plans for the group in view of PM Goh's recent anouncement that the government has quietly removed a law prohibiting the hiring of gays within the civil service.
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Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has for the first time spoken on the issue of homosexuality in an interview with Time Magazine, saying gays will now be allowed to serve in "sensitive positions" in the civil service and that conservative Singaporeans will be more understanding towards gays given time.
Singapore theatre company, The Necessary Stage, will stage Mardi Gras, a play about a group of people wanting to organise Singapore's first Pride Parade.
Fridae.com teams up with the MAC AIDS FUND and Elton John AIDS Foundation Team to spread the first-ever public service announcements on AIDS featuring the MAC AIDS FUND spokespeople Elton John, Mary J. Blige and Shirley Manson.
In the most significant ruling for gay rights in the US, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down Texas' sodomy law, and in effect ending all anti-sodomy laws in the 13 states where they still exist.
The Indian city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) will for the first time ever join at least 100 cities across the world in celebrating pride on its streets this June.
Toronto's City Clerk's office will be open this Pride weekend in anticipation of a large number of same-sex couples wanting to marry as Canada becomes the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriages between non-residents.
HIV/AIDS advocates worry that a new UNAIDS report which found that condoms fail to protect against HIV 10% of the time - mainly due to incorrect usage and human error - may be used by proponents of abstinence to further claim that condoms are ineffective in preventing HIV infections and to push for less funding for condom distribution programs.
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