"Be proud and strong - Renew your commitment to safe sex, no exceptions," reads a campaign poster featuring five out and proud gay Asian men from Singapore, the Philipines, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Tahiti.
In this new column by Roddy Shaw of Hong Kong's Civil Rights for Sexual Diversities, he ponders what's in store for the territory's LGBT community in the next five years after Donald Tsang's win in March this year.
For the first time in Singapore, Christians from both sides of the camp, including two heavyweight theologians, will share their perspectives on the controversial issue at a dialogue session organised by a gay Christian group.
Gay and bisexual men who experienced sexual abuse in their childhood are more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviours that put them at higher risk of contracting HIV and STDs, says a US study.
Sri Lankan gay group Equal Ground has declared May 20-27 to be its gay pride week with a mini film festival, community enhancement workshops, a theatre production and parties.
Following his widely reported comments on April 21 about homosexuality and whether current gay sex laws should be retained in Singapore, Reuters news agency asked Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew about whether he thought the government should repeal its gay sex law.
Nearly a decade after his widely quoted remarks about the gay issue in Singapore in a 1998 CNN interview, former PM Lee Kuan Yew again commented on the issue over the weekend - this time acknowledging that homosexuality might be genetically determined and questioned the city-state's ban on sex between men.
Solos - undoubtedly the most sexually explicit gay movie to be made in Singapore - will not be screened at a local film festival as censors demand three cuts to the 77-minute dialogue-less film.
Gay men - who constitute 7.3 percent of the total HIV/AIDS sufferers in China estimated to number 650,000 in 2005 - will be the first group enlisted to help in a government-initiated program.
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