In this Read My Lips column, Dinah Gardner looks at the different but similar butch-femme-andro labels used in lesbian communities in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and the United States.
Connie Chan and Wei Siu-lik are Hong Kong's most well-known lesbian activist couple having led the July 1 march in 2005 and co-organised two annual IDAHO marches. Fridae talks to the couple of four years about their political and personal goals.
A HIV-positive Melbourne man accused of deliberately spreading HIV to five men and attempting to infect 11 others allegedly had a "condom phobia" and wanted to contract the virus. In the meanwhile, the inaugural Asia Pacific Continental Outgames might be held in Melbourne, organisers say. For the very first time, the Philippine Senate will tackle proposed bills that seek to penalise discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders.
It is especially hard for gay men to grapple with AIDS because people still think that AIDS is a gay disease. But the more we try to dissociate from it, the more it haunts us like an evil spirit. Tan Chong Kee writes.
A sizzling seafood BBQ buffet dinner, Two Queens party, poolside parties, and Fridae's signature party Nation and closing party Hot Couture with DJs Tony Moran and Kate Monroe among others - are what W@Nation attendees can expect.
The largest LGBT rights conference yet held was held in Montreal, linked to the first Out Games. Doug Sanders has more on the celebrity lineup at the largest gay rights conference ever held.
The opening event of Singapore's second annual IndigNation festival was largely successful with over 150 attendees including not only members of the gay community but also diplomats, academics and politicians who were there to engage the gay community.
With a new three week-long festival of Singapore plays starting today, theatre critic Ng Yi-Sheng reflects on how the gay theatre of the early 90s may have made a key difference in the cultural shift toward a society more accepting of homosexuality.
Singapore celebrates its second GLBT Pride Season from August 1-26. Fridae columnist and co-organiser of the festival Alex Au is happy for straight Singaporeans to lend their support and his retort to a gay person who thought it was a bad idea to hold a Pride Season.
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