Fridae

Cut Sleeve Boys, a new romantic comedy which focuses on the British-Chinese gay experience, will be shown at the Bangkok International Film Festival on Feb 19 and 23. Fridae gets an exclusive with producer Chowee Leow!

A new UK study has revealed that homosexual couples in same-sex partnerships could gain health in additional to legal advantages. In Bangkok, go-go boys are now fully clothed in bars while Police in KL have raided three gay saunas.

More than 700 people were the first in Singapore to watch acclaimed Taiwanese director Ang Lee's tale of two cowboys who fell in love in the mountains of Wyoming.

First ever nation-wide HIV education campaign targeted at MSM to be launched in Thailand this month. China releases number of gay men for first time, meanwhile in Australia, Aussie PM brands gay civil unions a "cop-out" in response to a new push by Liberal moderates to legally recognise gay relationships.

Former Malaysian deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim is suing his former boss, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, for 100 million ringgit over remarks describing him as being ''gay'' and a ''sodomiser.''

School students, police and firefighters were part of the 40,000 who marched to support gay and lesbian rights in Melbourne, Australia as sister city Sydney launched its annual four-week festival last Friday at the Sydney Opera House.

In a case which has frustrated both Police and members of the gay community in Tampa, Florida, a man has finally been sentenced to 200 years jail for drugging and raping young men while his accomplice awaits trial. Meanwhile, Brokeback Mountain has received eight Oscar nods although audiences in China Malaysia will not be able to see it in the theatres.

Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee said that he feels Asian audiences are more "accepting" of gay subject matters in films than American audiences. In the US, a gay media watchdog has criticised American Idol judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson for their questionable comments in the premiere. In Singapore, a court has spared a Thai transsexual drug dealer the cane in light of her post-op status.

The Golden Globes Awards has been dubbed the "gay globes awards" with three LGBT-themed movies collecting awards on Monday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

In benefit of Action for AIDS Singapore, Shaw and Fridae presents Brokeback Mountain on Feb 8, 2005. The film won Best Picture (Drama), Best Screenplay, Best Original Song and Best Director at the Golden Globes!