The first Mr Gay China will be crowned next Friday in Beijing and will represent the country in Oslo, Norway next month at the Mr Gay World Ambassador meet. Vote for your favourite contestant on Fridae now!
Then a history and economics major, Jeff Sheng changed his mind about going to law school after taking courses with some of the film and photography professors at Harvard and realising that media and activist art could be used to affect change in society.
Desmond Sim's poolside drama The Swimming Instructor makes its way north to the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre from Dec 3-13 after being stage thrice in Singapore.
Fridae speaks to Loretta Chen, Artistic Director of Zebra Crossing, and possibly Singapore's most outspoken lesbian, about her latest production Victor/Victoria, a musical starring famed jazz singer Laura Fygi in the title role as a woman who impersonates a man to become a female impersonator.
A three-paragraph posting on CNN’s citizen journalism website by an unrelated observer about an investigating officer's 'he-deserved-it' comment and the local media's near silence led to international coverage and swift arrest of a suspect.
Gay relationships, sex, orgy and drugs. These are the themes, Anniversary, a new short film by acclaimed Singaporean director Royston Tan and playwright-writer Alfian Sa'at explores. Although potentially controversial, Alfian tells Fridae in an exclusive interview why he thinks a warts-and-all depiction of gay people is needed.
Produced at a cost of over HK$110,000 (US$14,000) without government or charity funding, organisers say they are HK$77,000 (US$10,000) short and are appealing for funds.
Glen Goei of Forever Fever fame is back with The Blue Mansion after an 11-year hiatus from filmmaking. He tells Fridae what inspired the quirky murder mystery film which will have its world premiere at the Pusan International Film Festival on Oct 10, and what he considers worse than death.
Rainbow of Hong Kong, the only LGBT-community centre in the territory, faces an uncertain future due to lack of funding and is appealing to the community for donations to keep it going.
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