Brokeback Mountain, same-sex marriage, age of consent ruling in Hong King and India's public battle against Section 377. Fridae columnist Alex Au recounts the top five events of the year in terms of significance to the lesbian and gay Asian.
Starting 1 Dec 2006, World AIDS Day, a new national policy committee - chaired by Dr Balaji Sadasivan - will work to combat a rise in the number of HIV cases and provide guidance on all policy matters related to HIV/AIDS. Alex Au questions if the absence of gay representation on the panel will prove to be a serious weakness.
Following the government's clarification that gay sex laws have to stay on the books as "many religious groups also do not condone homosexual acts," Alex Au asks if it is legitimate to hold on to laws for its symbolic value and examines the government's sharp U-turn on child sex tourism laws and legalisation of casinos despite vigorous protests from various quarters.
In a high profile case, a gay Republican congressman resigned and was forced to come out last month after he was found to have sent sexually explicit instant messages to teenaged former pages. Alex Au asks if the gay community is doing itself any favours by embracing in our own way, the "don't ask, don't tell" mantra.
Short Circuit, the one-night showcase of short films with queer themes or by queer filmmakers, was a milestone for the Singapore gay community. Alex Au, co-founder of activist group People Like Us articulates the importance of a local filmmaking and why Singaporean gays and lesbians cannot rely on foreign cinema.
Singapore celebrates its second GLBT Pride Season from August 1-26. Fridae columnist and co-organiser of the festival Alex Au is happy for straight Singaporeans to lend their support and his retort to a gay person who thought it was a bad idea to hold a Pride Season.
A Singapore newspaper suspended one of its regular columnists after his column about the deteriorating state of the local economy drew a sharp rebuttal from a government spokesperson. Gay activist Alex Au notes a pattern of lip service offered by officials, and that the gay community might find allies among other non-gay Singaporeans.
A trainee doctor in Singapore received an 8-month prison term for possessing drugs. The case made the headlines as his counsel argued that he had been a victim of police entrapment. Alex Au examines what some confused bloggers are saying online, whether Singaporeans are intellectually stunted and what it all means for the fight for gay equality.
From the removal of two "gay" mannequins with "enlarged breasts" from a Boston's store's window display to the Singapore "debate" about gay people, Alex Au ponders whether eschewing confrontation gives rise to homophobia.
For many gays and lesbians, public displays of affection is much more than a spontaneous gesture straight couples typically take for granted. While some might think that PDA among same-sex couples might endanger the gay cause by subjecting the public to "gay behaviour," Alex Au argues that it might actually "create a dewdrop of good" in today's climate of militant homophobia.
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