The Hong Kong censors last month demanded five cuts to a male rape scene in Hong Kong director Scud's new film Amphetamine if to be shown at cinemas after its Asian premiere at the HKIFF. Fridae.com's HK correspondent, Nigel Collett reviews the Festival's four gay films and has more about what the censors object to. (You'll be surprised.)
Pop singer and father to twin sons Ricky Martin declared publicly on his blog this week what he refused to discuss but was widely speculated for years: He is gay.
Gay singer Adam Lambert, who performed last weekend at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, spoke his mind about being visible and proud as a gay person.
Nigel Collett reviews fashion designer-turned-director Tom Ford's debut film, A Single Man, ahead of the Hong Kong (Feb 27) and Singapore (Mar 3) fundraising galas to benefit Chi Heng Foundation and Fridae Community Fund respectively.
The film, which promises to be Bollywood's boldest portrayal of a serious and explicitly sexual relationship between two men, is set to test tolerance in Indian society after the Delhi High Court last year legalised same-sex sexual relations.
In a no-holds-barred interview, Fridae’s Alvin Tan probes the tantalising threesome from Singapore Calendar Guys 2010 on heavages, provocative poses and manhood malfunctions.
"Not every gay man is the same gay man," Adam Lambert says he will talk about "relationships and personal experiences" but not "certain political and civil rights issues."
Appearing in their first joint interview since they've been married, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi talk about how they met and marrying while same-sex marriage was legal in California.