One of the first lesbian celebrities to come out, Canadian singer k.d. lang is currently on an Asian tour with pit stops in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo as well as in Australia and New Zealand in February.
This week: Singapore MP praises the government for banning gay party last year, Texas GLBT community expresses outrage at 'ex-gay' billboards put up by Focus on the Family which in the same week slapped a gay warning on a cartoon promoting tolerance while in Australia, a gay activist wins national accolade.
The number of MSM who tested positive for HIV doubled from 26 in 2003 to 54 in 2004, accounting for 3 out of 4 HIV-positive clients at the Anonymous HIV Testing Centre last year.
This week: Russian pair seeks gay marriage license, Bush camp backtracks on suggestion that he wouldn't press for a Senate vote on gay marriage amendment, Pentagon confirms 1994 “gay bomb” proposal and Malaysia’s The Star reports on reparative therapy.
Fridae chats with Lee Yu-Wen of Spring Singing, an exhilarating song and dance production, which runs at the Alliance Francaise in Singapore from Jan 14 to 22.
This week: Phuket gay festival postponed to Apr 7-10, US Supreme Court won't hear Florida gay adoption appeal and the Pope announces fighting gay marriage a top priority in 2005.
Catch Amy Tashiana on "Sense of Being" on Channel U, Jan 7 (Friday) at 8.30pm as she talks about her life as a post-op transsexual woman. In the meanwhile, Fridae caught up with the former model for a no holds barred, politically incorrect and raunchy chat.
This week: 36 Sri Lanka gay activists die in the tsunami disaster, Nepal to launch its first gay weekly, gay slights may land Aussie media personalities in court while in California, gay couples to get marriage-like benefits.
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