2,500 people – straight and gay – turned up at a park on a humid and rainy Saturday afternoon to support the “freedom to love” regardless of sexual orientation and show their support and acceptance of LGBT people in mainstream society.
Following the Aware saga in which homosexuality, religious and other issues were fierily debated on the media and on online forums, Singapore Deputy Prime Minister warns Singaporeans against mixing religion with politics.
What used to be known exclusively as a state in the American Northwest is now also an acronym for the International Day Against Homophobia movement – IDAHO, commemorated around the world on May 17. Justin Ellis looks at how grassroots movements on the Internet are rallying advocates to the IDAHO cause.
A vote of no confidence was passed after a seven-hour face-off in the extraordinary general meeting at Singapore's Suntec Convention Centre on May 2, 2009. A new committee with diverse representation was elected to lead Singapore's largest women activist group.
Thio Su Mien - mother of noted anti-gay NMP Thio Li-ann admitted to playing a key role in the leadership change of AWARE; media warns of emerging Christian-based militancy.
Was AWARE ever a pro-gay organisation? Prominent social commentator and gay activist Alex Au comments on the latest developments and new president Josie Lau's "revelation" of the new Exco's direction in her first TV interview.
Founding members and former committee members call for no-confidence vote in the new Exco at EGM next month; non-members (female and Singapore citizens/PRs can join AWARE to vote.
The LGBT community and its allies are urged to come out and be counted at what organisers call "the first-ever official LGBT public gathering in Singapore."
HIV outreach workers say MSM in Laos are "unlike transsexuals or openly gay men, hidden MSM can be homosexual, bisexual or straight" and are hard to target.
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