Focusing on a range of Japanese as well as English male-queer materials including magazines and websites, author Katsuhiko Suganuma examines the formation of masculine same-sex desire in postwar Japan, and in particular to one aspect of its relations with the West (Euro-America).
Hong Kong pop singer Anthony Wong has come out as gay – making him the only second openly gay high profile singer in the territory after the late Leslie Cheung to do so.
In 2011, moviegoers in Manila went wild for the campy gay horror film Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington. Director Jade Castro and screenwriter Raymond Lee share their tales of creating the hit that grossed over 37 million pesos (US$800,000) at the box-office, and how the movie is in fact an "activist film" although some critics say it made light of anti-gay hate crimes.
Life is never easy when you are alone in a foreign country, let alone if you are a lesbian in Hong Kong, where the lesbian scene is preciously rare. In a city like Hong Kong, where people come and go so quickly and going out for drinks is almost the only option if you want to meet, how did Lee Harlem Robinson manage to lead a promiscuous life? Fridae’s reporter Tony Ed Lo speaks with Hannelore Arbyn, the person behind the story.
Having had its world premiere at the recent Berlin Film Festival, Children of Srikandi – the first film to document the lives of queer women in Indonesia – will likely be screened at a LGBT film festival near you this year. Fridae speaks with co-producers Laura Coppens and Angelika Levi, and co-director Yulia Dwi Andriyanti about crowdfunding and the challenges facing queer women in Indonesia today.
The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival returns from 15 to 26 February with the theme of Art and Faith. We highlight works by queer artists, while playwright Irfan Kasban talks to us about his Islam-inspired plays.
Rumour has it transsexuals don't usually live past 50, so Abigail Chay, a Singaporean transgender comedian now 52, treasures every second she is given. Fridae.asia's Hong Kong reporter Tony Ed Lo meets Chay and Angus Chan, who play Abigail in the musical that recently ended its run, and finds out how her life story came to inspire a musical staged by a newly founded Hong Kong-based group, a&g production.
Former Sex and the City co-star Cynthia Nixon has sparked a backlash after saying that (her) being gay is a choice – a viewpoint that many in the gay community oppose.
Social worker Leow Yangfa's first book explores the lives of 21 GLBT people in Singapore, focusing on their struggles with abuse, illness and prejudice. Ng Yi-Sheng reviews.
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