Jireh Tan writes from California's Bay Area about the much-awaited Harvey Milk biopic starring Sean Penn in the title role and the pertinence of the film's message.
It's time to switch to Campbell's if you have been buying any lesser soup. Unlike McDonald's, the iconic soup company is standing behind their ads that feature a same-sex couple and their son despite a boycott threat by an anti-gay group.
Although it does not support a United Nations declaration recognising ''sexual orientation'' and ''gender identity,'' the Vatican says no country should criminalise homosexuality.
On Thursday, Dec 18, 2008, the UN General Assembly heard two statements on LGBTI rights, one in favour, the other opposing. Who won? Doug Sanders reports.
Following a widely publicised religious edict that banned "tomboyish" behaviour, the arts community in Kuala Lumpur is hitting back with a "fashion show extravaganza that celebrates gender diversity and outrageous individual expressions of style."
Rick Warren, the prominent pastor of California's largest evangelical Christian megachurch, chided religious conservatives for harping on gay marriage instead of divorce.
Although the Dykes on Bikes had to leave their machines at home and the event had to do without a double-decker bus organisers intended to rent, some 1,200 people turned out for Hong Kong's first official gay-pride parade on Saturday.
The reading of the statement will be the first time the General Assembly has formally addressed rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
For the first time since headlining Fridae's finale Nation party in Phuket in 2006, DJ Tony Moran will be back in Asia for Mighty Asia's "One World, Together" party in Bangkok. Tony tells Fridae in an exclusive interview how he started out as a teenage DJ in Brooklyn, NYC and what partygoers can expect in Bangkok.
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