Doug Sanders reports on "Queer Asian Sites," the second International Conference of Asian Queer Studies, which was held back to back with "Queer Space: Centres and Peripheries" in the lead up to the Mardi Gras parade in Sydney last weekend.
Look out for a Fridae Version 5 (V5) beta launch party happening near you in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and even San Francisco this March and April.
A woman in Kuala Lumpur has gone to the press about a club's discriminatory policy of a club for not admitting ''tomboys.'' Gaydar co-founder Gary Frisch was found dead outside his London apartment. Captive female koalas in Australia have been found for the first time engaging in 'lesbian' sex.
With the shut down happening just days ahead of the big Mardi Gras parade and party weekend, last Sunday's drug bust has somewhat dampened moods in the Australian city as some fear similar action by the police.
The second International Conference of Asian Queer Studies will convene in Sydney this week. New Jersey has became the third state in the US to offer civil unions, meanwhile in Italy, the civil union debate rages. A Russian lawmaker has introduced a bill to recriminalise homosexuality, punishable with a five-year prison sentence.
During a busy lunch hour on Valentine's Day in Beijing's central business district, six lesbians and gays handed out 200 red carnations wrapped in leaflets calling for the acceptance of gay love and marriage. A Beijing exclusive by Dinah Gardner.
Former professional basketball player John Amaechi has made history by becoming the first National Basketball Association (NBA) player to ever come out and talk about his life and experiences as an athlete and a gay man in the homophobic world of professional sports.
The Workers' Party (WP) - thought to be a likely ally of the gay community - disappointed many this week by revealing that it is divided over this issue of gay sex and is unable to "move (the issue) forward as part of the party agenda."
The Australia's federal govt has for the second time invoked special powers to invalidate a territory's law that would have been the first in recognising same-sex relationships. Since being fired as pastor of amid a gay-sex and drugs scandal, the disgraced American evangelist Ted Haggard has been pronounced 'completely heterosexual.' A man in the French Caribbean island of Martinique, has been charged with incitement of murder for advocating the killing of gay people on his blog.
Gay icon Madonna's The Confessions Tour: Live from London DVD, which features the singer performing the ballad Live To Tell while suspended from a giant mirrored cross, has been banned by Singapore censors. Fans who can't wait to get their hands on her latest DVD can order through the Fridae Shop.
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