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Fridae talks to the director of the upcoming lesbian film, My Summer of Love, a mesmerising and dangerous journey into the world of teenage passion. The Oct 16 charity screening will benefit the Association of Women for Action and Research and the Cat Welfare Society.

Fan Wu, the author of February Flowers, tells Fridae's Dinah Gardner about her new book which charts the relationship between two very different university girls against the backdrop of the Chinese Cultural Revolution where sex education and discussion was virtually non-existent.

Nation.VI will go ahead as planned as the resort island of Phuket has remained unaffected despite the recent military coup in Bangkok on September 19.

Taipei Pride's annual parade drew up to 10,000 participants last Saturday. In the US, a new HIV/AIDS prevention campaign by the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center creates controversy. Still on HIV, two studies have shown that practicing regular genital hygiene in males may reduce the risk of HIV infection.

W.Fridae presents a charity screening of the multiple award-winning movie My Summer of Love in aid of the Association of Women for Action and Research and Cat Welfare Society on Oct 16 at the brand new GV VivoCity in Singapore.

A premier event for the women, by the women, W@Nation is the girl's answer to a Nation weekend of roaring good time. Co-organised by famed women's party organiser Two Queens of Singapore, the line-up promises to be a blast with DJs Lisa C and Kate Monroe where women can party alongside one another.

A life-long Madonna fanatic was in Tokyo last week to catch Her Madgesty's Confessions Tour and learns a few life lessons along the way � like always check where your seats are before buying the tickets.

From the creator of Rent, Jonathan Larson, Tick, Tick...BOOM! is a moving autobiographical musical about living the edgy life of a New York artist. Featuring a cast drawn from the original West End and Off-Broadway productions, including Hollywood star Christian Campbell, it'll be playing at Victoria Theatre from October 4-8.

The first Singapore Biennale, an international contemporary art festival, is on from 4 September to 12 November 2006. Fridae interviews three openly gay artists participating in the Biennale: the Filipinos Jos� Legaspi and Yason Banal, as well as Australian Philip Brophy.

Some 300 people attended a rainbow flag-raising ceremony in front of Taipei City Hall on Sunday to mark the beginning of Taipei Pride Festival. Fridae's new Taipei correspondent Philip Hwang reports.