Thailand's first lesbian movie Yes or No, which was a surprise hit in China and Taiwan, returns to the screen with a sequel this month. Doug Sanders, who reviewed the first on Fridae, reports on the new two hour-long film.
Following complaints from 18 mothers of gay children and gay groups over a sexuality education booklet targeted at parents of teenagers that describes homosexuality as a type of "sexual deviance", the publisher has agreed to revise the sections about homosexuality in its second edition.
An Australian doctor has been severely reprimanded and banned from working as a general practitioner after prescribing a drug to a teen who came to him for help to "cure" his homosexuality.
Fridae's Ng Yi-Sheng speaks with transgender writer, entertainer and activist Tiara Tiar Bahtiar, who had recently launched a book of anecdotes, poems and photographs of local transgender culture, about growing up and how the Bugis people traditionally believe that humans can be grouped into five different gender categories.
Fridae's Nigel Collett caught up with Marshall Moore, the author and publisher Of The Infernal Republic, his new collection of short fiction. He had moved to Hong Kong in 2008 – after a three-year stint in South Korea – where he is once again teaching English.
CEDAW – the international beacon for women's rights – does not shine on lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Indonesia. This is a painful disappointment, says IGLHRC's Grace Poore, given LBT people's need for protection from a fundamentalist backlash.
Inspired by the “Its Gets Better” project in the US, Nicholas Deroose, who had recently returned to Singapore from the US, speaks to Fridae about Our Very Own Stories which will feature 12 Singaporean LGBT individuals.
While the language of the judgement may sound “gay-friendly”, it does not necessarily mean the judges are leaning towards the merits of the case against 377A, says pioneer gay rights activist Alex Au. He also highlights that Tan Eng Hong, who filed the case, may face bankrupcy should an order of costs be made against him.
In a judgment that has taken nearly a year, Tan Eng Hong and his lawyer M Ravi are now one step closer to challenging the constitutionality of section 377A of the Penal Code that prohibits sexual relations between men.
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