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Fridae catches up with artist Martin Loh whose Men in the Raw exhibition - the first ever exhibition in Singapore featuring gay erotic drawings and paintings - is opening this weekend.

A cult-linked human cloning company who announced last week the birth of the world's first human clone, without offering any proof, has revealed that a second clone baby is due next week to a lesbian couple.

Fridae recaps some of our most viewed news stories as well as the top international and Asian stories that made the gay news headlines this year.

According to a close friend, Herb Ritts was HIV-positive and had battled with the disease for years before he died of complications from pneumonia last Thursday.

The well-known Babylon Sauna-Barracks, listed on nearly every Bangkok gay city guide, was raided by police last Friday night following a tip-off.

Thailand has finally declassified homosexuality as a disease, after lobbying by Anjaree, a leading lesbian and gay rights advocacy group.

Openly gay fashion photographer, Herb Ritts, whose pictures helped define the image-conscious 1980s and '90s, died on Thursday from complications of pneumonia.

DJ Jake Kilby, veteran of the Sydney Gay + Lesbian Mardi Gras and Sleaze Ball tells all about his boyfriend, his big break and his day job in a 1-on-1 chat with Fridae. Catch Jake at the decks at Snowball - Fridae's year-end bash on December 28!

Fridae's columnist, Glenn Chua, continues to seek the answers to the question: "Where do gay men go when they grow old?"

Many had initially heaved a sigh of relieve when Dr Purachai Piemsomboon was removed as Thailand's Interior Minister but many are holding their breath again as the new man at the helm is proving to be tougher.