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Beijing's gay venues to distribute free condoms and safe-sex literature as part of new HIV/AIDS education campaign.

Five months after creating a furor with his use of an anti-gay slur against a fellow castmate, actor Isaiah Washington will not return for the show's fourth season.

Inspired by Singapore's MM Lee Kuan Yew's recent reference to a magazine article about the English university having openly acknowledged gay love for almost 400 years which influenced the statesman's views that Singapore has "no option" but to decriminalise gay sex, columnist Dr Tan Chong Kee finds proof of same sex love being recorded throughout 2,000 years of Chinese history. Part 1 of 2.

''Some of us will die much younger than we expect. We may not have as much time as we think. And inevitably the question arises, what have we done? What have our lives amounted to?'' Alex Au reflects on some of man's most fundamental questions on life in an uncharacteristic column.

No stranger to the lesbian community in Singapore, Iris Judotter has become the first out lesbian to launch an album. Catch her at The Arts House this Saturday singing original songs from her self-produced and released debut album, The Importance of Being!

Reporting an increase in new HIV infections in the first quarter this year among gay men in Hong Kong, a government consultant also warned that prevalence of the disease in this group could hit 30 percent by 2020 if left to its own devices. HIV prevalence in this group is estimated at four percent now.

A case which involves a group of four HIV-positive gay men - who allegedly raped victims lured on the Internet, drugged them and infected them with the HIV virus - has shocked the Netherlands and gay communities worldwide.

The newly created Seoul Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual/gender Film Festival will run from June 6 to 10 at Seoul Art Cinema.

According to a new US survey, lesbians have been found to be twice more likely to be overweight or obese than straight women. At the same time, the study also revealed that lesbians were more at ease with their bodies than straight women. Dinah Gardner has lesbians weigh in on the issue.

For the third year running, Sri Lanka's Equal Ground presented its annual weeklong celebration of gay pride in a country where homosexuality is still a criminal offence. Roscoe gives us a run down of the event.