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Gay and lesbian civil rights organisations protest against news agency, Associated Press? silence on the episode instead of addressing the issues.

A dangerous sexually transmitted bacterial disease with serious health consequences if left untreated. Also known as: VD, Louies disease.

Although the Games is more than a year away, more than 6000 participants have registered to take part in the Olympics-like sports event.

Despite its name, ecstasy is not a harmless 'party' drug; and new research has shown that memory problems may persist more than a year after a user stops taking the drug.

Hailed the biggest expansion of domestic partner rights in the US, second only to Vermont, gay and lesbians partners in California will soon be accorded some of the protections of traditional marriage despite fierce opposition.

Is gay pride in Asia different from the US? Steven Carlisle shares the stories of 2 Thai gay men who have lived in the US for an extended period and a Chinese-American lesbian about accommodating themselves to the demands of the two cultures they straddle.

Defence lawyers assert that the "investigation reports" have been fabricated; arresting officers also shown to have previous record of falsifying evidence.

Actress Pamela Anderson Lee has said that she would have shot a woman who was stalking her if she had had a gun at the time.

The trial of 52 suspected gay men on charges of immorality, which opened in Cairo on July 18, signaled an end to long years of discreet and quietly tolerated public activity by the Egyptian gay community. What motivated the sudden crackdown? Fridae brings you this report by the Middle East Research and Information Project.

Are you living in Asian country that broadcasts Queer as Folk? Fire Sia would like to know as she shares her thoughts on censorship on the tube and on the Internet.