Fridae

The Bush administration has chosen Jerry Thacker, a fundamentalist Christian who called homosexuality a "deathstyle" and AIDS - a "gay plague," to serve on the Presidential Advisory Commission on HIV and AIDS.

Malaysia's PT Foundation (PTF) is seeking a few good men and women to help the gay community in social support, coming out, HIV/AIDS, legal and medical services, etc.

Eight men were killed and two seriously wounded in an execution-style massacre at a Cape Town house used as a gay massage parlour.

A mother-of-three has been found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage girl in Birmingham during their two-year affair.

Would you prefer a smoke-free bar and be willing to pay an additional cover charge for your favourite bar or club to be smoke-free? 70% of gay respondents would, says a survey.

A cult-linked human cloning company who announced last week the birth of the world's first human clone, without offering any proof, has revealed that a second clone baby is due next week to a lesbian couple.

Fridae recaps some of our most viewed news stories as well as the top international and Asian stories that made the gay news headlines this year.

According to a close friend, Herb Ritts was HIV-positive and had battled with the disease for years before he died of complications from pneumonia last Thursday.

The well-known Babylon Sauna-Barracks, listed on nearly every Bangkok gay city guide, was raided by police last Friday night following a tip-off.

Thailand has finally declassified homosexuality as a disease, after lobbying by Anjaree, a leading lesbian and gay rights advocacy group.