Fridae

How far does God's love go? Does it salve all pain and resolve all questions? Alex Au reviews Secret Sunshine - the Best Picture winner of this year's 2nd Asian Film Awards - about a woman's journey of faith.

A Singapore cable television operator has been fined for airing a commercial that showed two women kissing.

The European Court of Justice has just recognised equal pension rights for same-sex partners. Can we expect such rulings to spread to Asia? Prof Douglas Sanders outlines same-sex partnership rights worldwide.

L Word fans: Brace yourselves as Showtime announced the sixth - and final - season of the groundbreaking series to be a short one comprising eight episodes, which will air in early 2009. Merryn Johns spoke to Jennifer Beals - of Flashdance fame - who plays Bette Porter in The L Word, life on set, and making 'sex face' with buddy Marlee Matlin.

A Jihad for Love, a highly regarded documentary about gay Muslims, alongside three other documentaries have been banned from being screened at Singapore's film festival this month.

"It's my life," a new multi-media campaign along with a Bahasa Indonesia website, aims to reach MSMs in Indonesia through personal stories as well as interaction with an HIV-positive MSM to highlight the safer sex message as well as care and treatment services.

Following recent raids and arrests at saunas, clubs and cruising spots, China's best known AIDS activist Wan Yanhai who circulated reports earlier this week about the government's crackdown tells Fridae's Beijing correspondent Dinah Gardner about the local situation.

Touted as the first regional girls' party in Singapore, Qtopia which is presented by veteran party organiser Two Queens will take over Caf� del Mar for the night with famed Aussie DJ Kate Monroe and DJ Nun from Bangkok.

LGBT advocacy turns 30 in Indonesia: gay rights pioneer Dede Oetomo talks to Fridae correspondent Justin Ellis about life and activism in the archipelago.

Mox, recently voted as Singapore's favourite gay bar at the Fridae �-List Awards, will soon be closing its doors, with a garage sale on Thursday 27 and a farewell party on Saturday 29 March 2008. Fridae reminisces with co-owner Toby Hui.