Dr Kua Kia Soong, director of SUARAM or Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Voice of the Malaysian People), issued a press statement calling on "progressive Malaysians, political parties and organisations to stand up for the rights of all LGBT and the abolition of our outdated sodomy laws."
Uganda’s “Kill the gays” bill is said to be inspired by an American ex-gay activist and author of Coming Out Straight who claims he has helped thousands of gays “become” straight.
Hong Kong’s first Mr Gay pageant attracted six brave men – four local, a Filipino and an American – who not only had to show their wares in swim, sports and formal wear; and had to charm the judges and the crowd.
Alex Au meets with Argentinian activist Marcelo Ferreyra and finds out more about the fight for same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires, where a court in the Argentinian capital made a precedent-setting decision to affirm a gay couple's right to be married under the city’s laws. "This is a fruit of a long period of organising and campaigning, news of which has rarely come to Asia," Au noted.
The sell out event will see the premiere of Anniversary, a specially commissioned short film by celebrated filmmaker Royston Tan and writer Alfian Sa'at, and an auction of specially conceptualised artwork by fashion photographers Chuando and Frey.
For the fifth year running, Fridae has been conferred an award - the highest level of recognition awarded to a gay company - for its support and contribution to Singapore's arts scene by the National Arts Council.
The following is a media statement issued by 16 human rights and civil society organisations at the Commonwealth People’s Forum (CPF), a gathering of civil society organisations that meets in advance or and sends a statement to the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting.
Alex Au speaks with Stefano Fabeni, the Director of Global Rights' LGBTI Initiative; Joel Simpson, Guyana's Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD); and other activists at the Commonwealth People's Forum who are working to highlight LGBT-related concerns in former British colonies that have inherited Victorian-era sodomy laws from the former colonising power.
Barbados Minister for Family, Youth and Sports recently announced that gays, lesbians, and transgenders will be protected under legislation against domestic violence. Writing from Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago where the Commonwealth People's Forum was recently held, Alex Au meets with Elizabeth, a MTF transgender from Barbados and finds out more about her country.
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