Fridae

The Necessary Stage (Singapore) is conducting auditions for Mardi Gras, an upcoming gay play to be staged in August 2003.

An online petition protesting the negative and stereotypical depiction of homosexuality on a Singapore television channel has garnered over 200 signatories over the weekend.

Clay Aiken, who lost the American Idol 2 title to 350-pound Ruben Studdard, ignores a reporter completely when asked if he was gay.

Some 100 students and faculty walked out of the graduation ceremony at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia moments before Sen. Rick Santorum, known for this anti-gay stance, gave the ceremony's keynote speech.

The man behind the phoney lesbian pop duo, Tatu, has been arrested last Thursday in Moscow for disturbing the peace.

The Singapore AIDS Candlelight Memorial will be held on Sunday, May 18 at 7pm at the Youth Park.

Three men were hanged on Tuesday morning in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad for a number of offenses including "homosexual acts."

Gay men are known to have an undisputable love for musical theatre. Fridae speaks with three of Singapore's most talented theatre performers - Darius Tan, Gani Abdul Karim and Juwanda Hassim about why gay men love musicals and dragging.

The Australian Capital Territory will soon allow same-sex couples to adopt children, making it the only the second jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, to allow gay couples to do so.

According to the CBS website, The Amazing Race 4 will include a "married" gay couple and a lesbian in another team, who will race around the world, competing with 10 other teams for a US$1 million prize.