Fridae deeply regrets that the SnowBall and Meltdown parties have been cancelled as an appeal to overturn a rejection of Fridae's application for Snowball.04 has been unsuccessful.
On the same day that the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was constitutional, New Zealand also passed a law giving couples in civil unions the same rights as married couples.
Does the rejection of a public entertainment licence to hold Snowball signal a change of public policy toward homosexuality? Fridae's new columnist muses the situation and urges the community to do some housekeeping.
Readers from Singapore and around the world have written to the press and various government departments with regards to the Police turning down an entertainment licence to hold SnowBall. Here is a selection.