Fridae

In this Oscar contender, Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk, a gay man who found himself becoming a community leader and drawn to political office as he got tired of being treated as a second-class citizen even in the supposedly liberal city of San Francisco in the 1970s.

The case has taken a new turn although the Delhi High Court has on Nov 7 reserved its judgment after asking the government and other parties opposing the plea to file their written submission.

Thailand will celebrate its first National Human Rights Day for Sexual Diversity on Nov 29, Manila its 10th gay pride anniversary on Dec 6 and Hong Kong its first gay pride march Dec 13.

English pop singer and gay rights champion Sir Elton John has blamed the passing of Proposition 8 in California on the use of the term "marriage."

Three men who brutally punched and kicked a man to death after he allegedly offered his attackers oral sex in a public toilet have been handed prison terms of between four years and 4 1/2 years, and six to eight strokes of the cane.

Florida, Arizona and California voted to ban gay marriage; America chooses Barack Obama over John McCain to become the first black president and the 44th president of the United States

Over the weekend, police raided four massage parlours and gay saunas. A source told Fridae that there were no sex parties in progress during the police raids despite being reported by the media.

In the first known case of its kind in Singapore, six men have appeared in court for beating a man - who allegedly exposed himself and offered sexual favours - to death.

Citing a spate of cases involving young women "behaving like men and indulging in lesbian sex" as reported by the Malay language Berita Harian, Malaysia's National Fatwa Council has announced a ban on "tomboyish" behaviour and lesbian relations.

Themed "Fight the Disease, Fight the Stigma", the 6th Singapore AIDS Conference will be held on Nov 8, 2008 at the Suntec Convention Centre.