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In Britain, former Boyzone singer Stephen Gately 'wedded' his boyfriend last Sunday, meanwhile the Czech Republic has become the second post-communist country after Slovenia to enact same-sex partnerships. The leader of the world's Anglicans has voiced his opposition to teaching creationism in schools in an unexpected move.

Fridae's annual summer party, Squirt will be back in Bangkok this Apr 14 to 16, for the second consecutive year after a sold out event last year.

Immigrants wanting to move to the Netherlands will be tested to find out if they have attitudes liberal enough meanwhile a Singaporean man and his Thai boyfriend have come out in a local newspaper. For the first time, the American Red Cross have called for an end to the ban on gay blood donors.

Four men were arrested after a "bedroom party" was raided by undercover police officers posing as gay men.

Australia has announced a significant change in its immigration policy, the inclusion of same sex partners on skilled migrants and student visa applications.

Taiwanese-born filmmaker Ang Lee won the best director Oscar for his groundbreaking movie Brokeback Mountain, becoming the first Asian to win one of Hollywood's top honours. Meanwhile in Sydney, about 300,000 people turned out to watch this year's event along the mile-long parade route.

Fridae is back with a party in Singapore after a one and a half year hiatus. To be held at the newly opened 40,000 sq ft Ministry of Sound, Feelin' Good will feature hot favourite Kate Monroe who burnt up the dance floor at Nation in Phuket last year.

Seven US paratroopers have been charged with "knowingly engaging in sex for money on a public Web site." Meanwhile, gay men and lesbians in Hanoi now have an official gay association while teenage conscripts in Israel can now choose to volunteer for a gay group instead of mandatory military service.

A new study by Dutch researchers has unsurprisingly found that a gay man's self esteem is directly linked to the size of his penis while another study has added a twist to the gay gene debate. Meanwhile in Kuala Lumpur, Police has conducted second round of raids on 'gay' spas last week.

Gay British pop star Will Young, best known to be the winner of the inaugural Pop Idol contest in 2002 and currently being seen in Mrs Henderson Presents, tells Fridae in an exclusive interview about his debut movie role and having to go full frontal.