South African Muhsin Hendricks, who is an openly gay Islamic cleric, runs a foundation called The Inner Circle which helps Muslims who are struggling to accept their sexuality.
Film Censors last week announced its decision to not only rate The Kids Are All Right R21, but also confined it to one print for the whole of Singapore, effectively making it impossible to screen the movie at more than one cinema at a time. Alex Au takes a closer look at the censors' claim that the film “normalises” the “homosexual lifestyle”.
According to leaked U.S. embassy cables, David Kato, the murdered Ugandan gay activist, was ridiculed by a member of the Ugandan Human Rights Commission during his speech at a UN-funded “consultative meeting” in December 2009, to discuss MP David Bahati's Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The cables also reveal US diplomatic attempts to thwart passage of the bill.
Hawaii is on its way to becoming the seventh US state with a civil unions law after the bill, which grants gay and lesbian couples the same rights and benefits the state provides to married couples, was approved by lawmakers on Wednesday and is awaiting the signature of the governor.
Nigel Collett reviews Bangkok Free Fall, book number 10 in mystery writer Richard Stevenson’s Don Strachey private eye series. Four books in the series have been filmed with gay Hollywood actor Chad Allen in the lead role.
Originally scheduled to board a flight to Indonesia on Feb 14, Anton Tanumihardja's deportation has been delayed until a decision is made by the Board of Immigration Appeals.
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.
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