Australia's broadcasting regulator has determined that although Channel Seven's controversial expose that showed former NSW transport minister David Campbell's visit to a gay sauna had invaded his privacy, it did not breach television standards because the reasons that led to his resignation was ultimately of public interest – even though Campbell had resigned BECAUSE of the story.
Fridae's Bangkok correspondent Douglas Sanders notices that the country's two major English language newspapers, which are widely read by locals and not just expats, are devoting more space to LGBT-related news and lifestyle stories.
A group of 19 parents of LGBTs led by Mrs Minna Saran, mother of a young gay filmmaker who died in a road accident, is among the six parties who have filed petitions in support of the 2009 Delhi High Court ruling that decriminalised gay sex.
According to local media reports, the Supreme Court on Monday said it would start the process to hear the petitions filed by various individuals and organisations, who are opposed to the Delhi High Court's decision to decriminalise consensual same-sex sex between adults, on April 19.
Between 127 to nearly 200 people, differing figures provided by various local news reports, were arrested at a "depraved and decadent" party in the north of Bahrain over the weekend.
In his first column this year, Fridae’s legal columnist George Hwang discusses the courage and right to love, and challenges those who are celebrating the Lunar New Year to either invite his or her partner to family celebrations or to show him or her to a friend.
While it is easy, and often necessary, to express our anger and abhorrence at laws motivated by homophobia, we have to ask where does this bigotry come from...
The Human Rights Watch has called on the governor of Tokyo to retract his comments made on two occasions when he criticised the representation of homosexuals in the media, and categorising lesbians and gay men as “deficient” and genetically lacking.
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