The Singaporean doctor was commended in Britain yesterday for his longstanding contributions towards public health and health promotion within the Commonwealth.
Reinforcing its already strict Islamic ordinances, Aceh's draconian new laws will allow adulterers to be stoned to death while homosexuals will face public lashings and jail.
British PM Gordon Brown says: “We’re sorry, you deserved so much better” in a posthumous apology to Alan Turing who was gay, and after being convicted of gross indecency in 1952 he was offered chemical castration or a prison sentence.
Fridae presents the Taking Woodstock Fundraising Gala Premiere in Singapore on Sep 30. 100% of ticket sales will go towards funding gay-related community projects.
A Turkish man, who is accused of fatally shooting his gay son in July last year, was tried in absentia in an Istanbul court. The case has been widely reported by Turkish and German media.
India's government is expected to accept the Delhi High Court’s landmark decision to decriminalise homosexuality despite eight parties having separately filed petitions with the Supreme Court against the ruling.
Gay-interest blogs in the US have widely reported that blogger-activist Mike Rogers has outed South Carolina lieutenant governor Andre Bauer on his blog.