Many consider oral sex to be zero risk for HIV transmission and a safer alternative to penetrative sex but researchers analysing multiple studies on the topic are concluding that oral sex does carry some risk.
It's an oft-used descriptor in personal ads but what does it really mean to advertise yourself as a "straight-acting" gay man? Shinen Wong delves into the term's underlying assumptions and bias.
After a widely acclaimed run at the recent Hong Kong City Festival, Hong Kong-born Australian Rick Lau is set to return on Feb 20 and 21 with My Queer Valentine in which tunes by gay song writers about their loves, lives and struggles are "revealed".
Sean Penn's performance as gay rights activist and California's first openly gay elected official has earned him a Best Actor nomination; Gus Van Sant is nominated for Best Director and Dustin Lance Black for Original Screenplay.
Want to get married as soon as gay marriage laws are passed? But be careful of what you wish for, says Nigel Collett in his review of Nona Shepphard's play The Marriage Bed - now showing in Hong Kong - in which audiences are brought face to face with the realities of being married.
Newly sworn-in US President Barack Obama commits to oppose a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, support full civil unions and federal rights of same-sex couples, expand adoption rights, fight workplace discrimination among others.