Five months after creating a furor with his use of an anti-gay slur against a fellow castmate, actor Isaiah Washington will not return for the show's fourth season.
Reporting an increase in new HIV infections in the first quarter this year among gay men in Hong Kong, a government consultant also warned that prevalence of the disease in this group could hit 30 percent by 2020 if left to its own devices. HIV prevalence in this group is estimated at four percent now.
A case which involves a group of four HIV-positive gay men - who allegedly raped victims lured on the Internet, drugged them and infected them with the HIV virus - has shocked the Netherlands and gay communities worldwide.
Fridae speaks to Singaporean lesbian artist Genevieve Chua, whose first solo exhibition, As Brutal As - which explores themes of psychological horror and sexuality - opens this Friday.
The US government has reaffirmed its policy that bans anyone who ever had sex with another man from donating blood for life despite recommendations by the American Red Cross and two other blood donation centres to lift the ban.
The decision to allow openly gay soldiers to serve in the British military has not provoked the massive discord or animosity that opponents predicted would occur.
Not only is the 33-year-old Osaka's youngest ever MP; come July, she will also be the country's first openly gay politician to run for for a seat in the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Diet of Japan.