Latest Hong Kong government figures show that MSMs have overtaken heterosexuals as the major group of new HIV infections and HIV prevalence among MSM is about 20 times that of the general population. Meanwhile Slovenia has passed a limited domestic-partnership bill, shortly after the Czech Republic whose laws went into effect July 1.
New York-based Tony Moran will replace Chus & Ceballos as the headlining DJ at Nation.VI, touted as Asia's largest gay and lesbian dance party, to be held in Phuket, Thailand from Oct 20-22, 2006.
A new book gives a picture of Indonesia that sets the sprawling country apart from its Asian sisters. Are queer things actually simpler in complicated Indonesia? Douglas Sanders checks out Tom Boellstorff's The Gay Archipelago.
In two unprecedented cases, a former TV show host in Manila has filed a gay discrimination suit against a restaurant; in Taipei, a student has filed a suit against his parents, hospital after being locked up in psychiatric ward. In the US, Oprah Winfrey has denied rumours that she is having a gay relationship with her business partner and best friend.
IndigNation 2006, the second in the annual series, will kick off on August 1 with an art installation, a talk by Singapore's pioneer gay activist and Fridae columnist Alex Au and a party.
One of the greatest, gayest, most deliciously decadent musicals ever made, Cabaret is coming to Singapore from July 22 - 30, directed by Beatrice Chia and starring Taiwanese pop legend Fei Xiang in the flamboyantly pansexual role of the Emcee.
A new book is out: The Rice Queen Diaries. Author Daniel Gawthrop looks at cross-cultural desire and says in an interview with Vancouver's Xtra West that "to really understand this stuff, you've got to go in there and be with those people, and talk to those people, and fuck those people." Fridae contributor Andy Quan gives us his review.
The Hong Kong Appeals Court last week heard debates by lawyers seeking to overturn a ruling that a higher age of consent for gays than for heterosexuals and lesbians is discriminatory and unconstitutional. Last weekend, French lesbian tennis player Amlie Mauresmo won the Wimbledon title last Saturday. Meanwhile, Tokyo's gay film festival marks its 15th year.
Rumoured to be a lesbian, 21-year-old Li Yuchun has become one of the most popular figures in China after winning an American Idol-style TV singing contest. Beijing-based Dinah Gardner ponders the importance of lesbian role models and how few of them there are in Asia.
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