The Workers' Party (WP) - thought to be a likely ally of the gay community - disappointed many this week by revealing that it is divided over this issue of gay sex and is unable to "move (the issue) forward as part of the party agenda."
The Australia's federal govt has for the second time invoked special powers to invalidate a territory's law that would have been the first in recognising same-sex relationships. Since being fired as pastor of amid a gay-sex and drugs scandal, the disgraced American evangelist Ted Haggard has been pronounced 'completely heterosexual.' A man in the French Caribbean island of Martinique, has been charged with incitement of murder for advocating the killing of gay people on his blog.
Gay icon Madonna's The Confessions Tour: Live from London DVD, which features the singer performing the ballad Live To Tell while suspended from a giant mirrored cross, has been banned by Singapore censors. Fans who can't wait to get their hands on her latest DVD can order through the Fridae Shop.
Fridae.com emerges as the stickiest site in Singapore with session durations more than two times the market average, based on independent auditor Nielsen//Netratings; members lead in tertiary education, occupation and household income.
The Sydney Mardi Gras organisers are accused of locking rival online groups out of the upcoming parade and Fair Day. The Australian federal government is considering a plan for a new A$10 million sexual health campaign targeting gay men. In Britain, Catholic adoption agencies will not be exempted from anti-discrimination laws.
Hong Kong's Broadcasting Authority's found a TV programme on gay marriage to be inappropriate viewing material during peak family viewing hours has drawn intense criticism from civil rights activists. In Auckland, a bus shelter advertisement promoting safe sex was defaced with anti-gay graffiti then smashed.
See the art works of some 40 members of Hong Kong's LGBT community from Jan 24 to 28. In Taipei, gay rights groups rallied last Friday to support anti-discrimination job laws. At the Vatican, gay rights activists gathered to commemorate the death of a man who protested the church's treatment of homosexuals by setting himself on fire nine years ago.
Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad reiterates that gays cannot lead the mostly Muslim nation, in response to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's RM100 million libel suit. Disturbing details of the death of an Asian student in the US who was found dead with gay slurs was released this week. Supermodel Eve Salvail comes out as a lesbian in a TV show.
Missed a good story in 2006? From the cancellation of a party in Singapore by the authorities to bisexual women to interracial relationships, we list the top 10 articles that got readers talking and sometimes furious. We invite you to revisit the articles and issues discussed.
Same-sex marriage is set to be a political hot potato in the US in 2007. While New Jersey will offer civil unions to same-sex couples next February, anti-marriage groups in Massachusetts are working to reverse the Supreme Court ruling that allows same-sex marriage. The Pope has meanwhile reiterated his condemnation of same-sex unions commenting on the current debate in Italy over proposed legal rights for gay couples.
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