Eileena Lee and her mother share their journey about coming to terms with the former's lesbian sexual orientation, and supporting each other as they both seek answers in a world where gay issues are often misunderstood and misrepresented.
Chinese film maker, Fan Popo speaks with Fridae.com’s Hong Kong correspondent, Nigel Collett about having his first “gay experience” when he was just three and how he found his calling as a filmmaker.
Pink Dot, Singapore's second public LGBT-supportive event, will be held 15 May. Plus, the three ambassadors for Pink Dot 2010 are: actors Adrian Pang and Tan Kheng Hua, and popular DJ Big Kid aka Johnson Ong.
Coming out of the closet is seldom easy. Just ask DJ Big Kid (otherwise known as Johnson Ong), a prominent name at dance parties across Asia and one of three ambassadors of the Pink Dot campaign in Singapore.
Teen actor Chris Colfer, who's openly gay and plays a gay high school student in the hit TV musical comedy series Glee, says he hopes gay teens will be able to identify with his character.
An art exhibition is currently on tour in Hanoi where organisers hope for minds to be opened with increased dialogue and understanding about gender and homosexuality. Organiser Le Quang Binh tells Fridae about the artworks that are on display and gay life in Vietnam today.
Columnist Joseph Gonzales of the Freeman, a newspaper in Cebu, Philippines reacts to the news that although the Supreme Court has recognised Ang Ladlad to be a legitimate political party, it has said that the decision is not meant to suggest the "impending arrival of a golden age for gay rights litigants."
The LGBT community in Philippines won a political victory this week as the country's highest court recognised Ang Ladlad, a LBGT group as a legitimate political party for the first time and can participate as a party-list group in next month's elections.
While the police say initial investigations have ruled out a case of murder, gay and civil rights groups as well as the AMU Teachers' Association have demanded a “full, fair and impartial investigation” given the “mysterious circumstances” surrounding the professor's death. Latest update: Traces of poison found in body
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