Fridae

Same-sex marriage is set to become a top issue in next year's election cycle if the Southern Baptist Convention has their way as convention leaders are concerned about the efforts to legalise gay marriage, recent consecration of a gay Episcopalian bishop and the US Supreme Court decision that essentially legalised sodomy.

Fridae's movie buff, Alvin Tan, catches the worldwide premiere of The Matrix Revolutions and delivers his verdict on the concluding chapter to the mind-bending Matrix trilogy.

Singapore's first ever gay and lesbian community centre to open Dec 6, 2003.

Fridae's resident club kid Alvin Tan reviews James St James' novel on murderous gay party promoter Michael Alig and explains why Party Monster is a must read for obsessive circuit queens everywhere.

Gene Robinson, an openly gay man, has been consecrated as bishop of the US state of New Hampshire on Sunday, making him the first openly gay man to reach that level in the Episcopalian church hierarchy and in the Anglican community worldwide.

Taiwan's first gay pride parade took place in Taipei on Saturday in support of government plans to legalise same-sex marriage, making her the first in the region to do so.

Fridae's resident music critic, Ms Mariah Scary, reviews Texas' new album Careful What You Wish For and swoons over the band's revitalised sound, and lead singer and lesbian icon Sharleen Spiteri.

Just months after being a major sponsor of Fridae's Nation party in August, Subaru Singapore, which is being represented by MotorImage Enterprises Pte Ltd, has signed a 12-month marketing campaign with Fridae, the largest gay and lesbian website in Asia.

"If you have never slept with a person of the same sex, is it possible all you need is a good lesbian/gay lover?" This is was one of the questions in a survey, which has since launched a State inquiry, on homosexuality given to a group of high school students in Victoria.

Thailand's Disease Control Department is preparing to conduct its own research after a controversial US-funded study, which is being disputed, pointed to a dramatic increase in the rate of HIV infection among gay Thai men.