Fridae

The award winning gay film, Lan Yu, has been denied a commercial run in Singapore cinemas.

After years of denying that the spread of HIV/AIDS is a problem, China authorities have announced a 40% increase in the number of Chinese estimated to be infected.

Ever found yourself falling in love with a straight man and emerging with nothing to show but a prolonged stay at Heartbreak Hotel? Writer Alvin Tan plays Aunt Agony to a clueless reader who is about to find himself in precisely such an unenviable situation.

A new study reveals that gay men are at a greater risk of developing eating disorders.

Have you ever been attracted to a straight man? Do you always find yourself attracted to straight men? Joshua Yap offers an insight into why straight men are more attractive and why we sometimes stumble knowingly into the emotional deathtrap of falling for a straight man.

Phin Wong reviews Scout's Honor, a documentary that traces the conflict between the anti-gay policies of the Boy Scouts of America and the broad-based movement by many of its members to overturn them.

Thousands of students in high schools and universities across the US protest anti-gay harassment by observing silence for a day.

Some guys are gay by choice while others become "gay" in answer to monetary gains. Fridae's regular columnist, Glenn Chua, shares his thoughts on the Asian male sex trade where it is not uncommon for straight men to prostitute themselves to gay men for money.

A group of teenaged boys in northern Nigeria have allegedly beaten their schoolmate to death because they believed him to be gay.

Recent statistics reveal that two-thirds of the same-sex couples registering their relationships in Vermont under its landmark civil union law are women.