The Australia's federal govt has for the second time invoked special powers to invalidate a territory's law that would have been the first in recognising same-sex relationships. Since being fired as pastor of amid a gay-sex and drugs scandal, the disgraced American evangelist Ted Haggard has been pronounced 'completely heterosexual.' A man in the French Caribbean island of Martinique, has been charged with incitement of murder for advocating the killing of gay people on his blog.
Gay icon Madonna's The Confessions Tour: Live from London DVD, which features the singer performing the ballad Live To Tell while suspended from a giant mirrored cross, has been banned by Singapore censors. Fans who can't wait to get their hands on her latest DVD can order through the Fridae Shop.
Fridae.com emerges as the stickiest site in Singapore with session durations more than two times the market average, based on independent auditor Nielsen//Netratings; members lead in tertiary education, occupation and household income.
Opening in Hong Kong on Friday, John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus has attracted controversy worldwide for its characters seeking sexual healing and featuring "real" sex scenes. Fridae speaks to gay actor Paul Dawson who met his boyfriend and co-actor PJ DeBoy during the making of the film.
The Sydney Mardi Gras organisers are accused of locking rival online groups out of the upcoming parade and Fair Day. The Australian federal government is considering a plan for a new A$10 million sexual health campaign targeting gay men. In Britain, Catholic adoption agencies will not be exempted from anti-discrimination laws.
2006 saw a bumper crop of gay-themed movies screened in Singapore. In light of the recent ban of gay Singaporean photographer's book on Asian stars in the citystate among other incidences, Alex Au examines the censors' rationale of its decisions.
Organised by The Necessary Stage, the Singapore Fringe offers a medley of arts events based on the theme of Art and Disability. Watch out for Fundamentally Happy, a moving drama on paedophilia; plus a host of other bizarre happenings, including male pole-dancers in underwear and an appearance by celebrated drag queen Kumar.
Hong Kong's Broadcasting Authority's found a TV programme on gay marriage to be inappropriate viewing material during peak family viewing hours has drawn intense criticism from civil rights activists. In Auckland, a bus shelter advertisement promoting safe sex was defaced with anti-gay graffiti then smashed.
Imagine a village full of lesbians, and according to Shitou, the lesbian filmmaker of a new documentary, Women 50 Minutes such a village does exist. Fridae's Dinah Gardner speaks to the filmmaker who is perhaps better known as the star of the country's first lesbian movie, Fish and Elephant (2000).
In the city-state which has a thriving gay scene despite gay sex being outlawed, half of the 800 survey respondents aged 15-29 found homosexuality acceptable.
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