Shinen Wong contemplates the police raids of gay venues in Malaysia last weekend and the riots at Stonewall Inn in New York City in 1969, which is today seen as one of the most significant milestones in the history of the global LGBT rights movement.
Three men who brutally punched and kicked a man to death after he allegedly offered his attackers oral sex in a public toilet have been handed prison terms of between four years and 4 1/2 years, and six to eight strokes of the cane.
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Over the weekend, police raided four massage parlours and gay saunas. A source told Fridae that there were no sex parties in progress during the police raids despite being reported by the media.
In the first known case of its kind in Singapore, six men have appeared in court for beating a man - who allegedly exposed himself and offered sexual favours - to death.
Citing a spate of cases involving young women "behaving like men and indulging in lesbian sex" as reported by the Malay language Berita Harian, Malaysia's National Fatwa Council has announced a ban on "tomboyish" behaviour and lesbian relations.
When Shinen Wong was called 'exotic' by a white boy he fell in love with in college, he obsessed for months about being compared to rugs, vases and strip dancers...
For the fourth year running, Fridae has been conferred an award - the highest level of recognition awarded to a gay company - for its support and contribution to Singapore's arts scene by the National Arts Council.
The Republican VP nominee's remarks come weeks before California citizens are to vote on Proposition 8 which seeks to overturn the landmark decision to allow marriage; Ellen DeGeneres and other Hollywood celebrities donate to support "No On Prop 8" campaign.
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