Fridae

Fridae chats with Josephine Ho, an English professor and founder of the Center for the Study of Sexualities at the Taiwan National Central University, and keynote speaker at the upcoming International Conference of Asian Queer Studies in Bangkok.

Hooking up has always been a fundamental element of gay male identity, and online personal ads serve that function 24/7. New York-based artist Jason Wee discusses his new installation art exhibition on gay personal ads and identity.

Marco Kreuzpaintner, 28-year-old German director of gay coming-of-age comedy Summer Storm, tells Fridae more about how his hit movie is autobiographical and his new Hollywood project.

Bryan Choong of Oogachaga, a gay and lesbian affirmative counselling agency in Singapore, shares why he became a facilitator of the group and his x-rated fantasies involving motorcycles.

Fridae chats with FireBall dance artistes Crow Jane aka Joavien Ng, 32, and choreographer and costume designer Rusman Rahmat aka Tiara Nirmala, 41.

Well-known Hong Kong party organiser of Decadence/ Hxproduction fame, Rocky Foo aka DJ Rock G will make his debut in Bangkok at Fridae's Slurp postparty on Apr 16.

Fridae interviews Singapore born, LA-based playwright of Porcelain. The controversial play, which was bestowed the prestigious London Fringe Award for Best Play in 1992, will be staged by Toy Factory in Singapore on April 7-10 and 12-17.

Twenty-something poet-playwright, Alfian Sa'at, who will be in London this week for the 'Singapore Season,' shares what inspires him as a writer, his thoughts on the state of gay acceptance in Singapore, muscle queens and circuit parties.

Canadian-born architect turned artist-photographer Norm Yip recently launched The Asian Male - Photography by Norm Yip a coffee table book featuring a collection of male images that were taken over a period of five years from 2000 - 2004.

This week, we chat with Dr Mohamad Mahat, the co-founder of the Asian Marching Boys in Sydney, who left Malaysia in 1993 after being photographed by tabloids after police raided the gay bar he was in.