See the art works of some 40 members of Hong Kong's LGBT community from Jan 24 to 28. In Taipei, gay rights groups rallied last Friday to support anti-discrimination job laws. At the Vatican, gay rights activists gathered to commemorate the death of a man who protested the church's treatment of homosexuals by setting himself on fire nine years ago.
Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad reiterates that gays cannot lead the mostly Muslim nation, in response to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's RM100 million libel suit. Disturbing details of the death of an Asian student in the US who was found dead with gay slurs was released this week. Supermodel Eve Salvail comes out as a lesbian in a TV show.
Missed a good story in 2006? From the cancellation of a party in Singapore by the authorities to bisexual women to interracial relationships, we list the top 10 articles that got readers talking and sometimes furious. We invite you to revisit the articles and issues discussed.
With a rapidly changing social landscape, China's Shanghai and Beijing are seeing more gay-friendly resources and establishments being set up. Fridae's Dinah Gardner recaps the top gay related news deadlines in China, checks out the new gay establishments/resources and talks to three people to find out their hopes for their community in 2007.
Brokeback Mountain, same-sex marriage, age of consent ruling in Hong King and India's public battle against Section 377. Fridae columnist Alex Au recounts the top five events of the year in terms of significance to the lesbian and gay Asian.
Same-sex marriage is set to be a political hot potato in the US in 2007. While New Jersey will offer civil unions to same-sex couples next February, anti-marriage groups in Massachusetts are working to reverse the Supreme Court ruling that allows same-sex marriage. The Pope has meanwhile reiterated his condemnation of same-sex unions commenting on the current debate in Italy over proposed legal rights for gay couples.
Singapore is a non-signatory of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights although 152 countries other have signed it. Tan Chong Kee explains why the denial of the right of homosexuals to love is linked to the denial of many other rights for everyone and how Tasmania - the last Australian state to decriminalise homosexual sexual acts - finally repealed its laws.
Three LGBT groups have been granted consultative status at the United Nations. Gay blogger Perez Hilton, who runs his highly popular namesake gossip site, is facing US$7.6 million copyright infringement lawsuit. In the UK, the High Court has allowed Christian groups to seek a judicial review regarding new gay equality laws in Northern Ireland.
Studies in Africa have shown that a man's risk of contracting HIV/AIDS can be halved if he is circumcised but the New Zealand AIDS Foundation was quick to point out that it does not mean circumcised gay and bisexual men are only half as likely to get infected with HIV.
The Thai military will no longer define gays and transsexuals as mentally ill but will continue to reject them as soldiers. In Turkey, the owner of Turkey's only LGBT magazine has been being accused of publishing pornographic material and will face up to three years jail. A UK councillor who remarked that "equated gay people with paedophiles" was found guilty of a public order offence and ordered to pay 250.
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