Civil and gay activist Alex Au, who is recognised as one of Singapore's best independent electoral campaign rally reporters by fellow bloggers, analyses the various parties' manifestos and their commitment (or lack thereof) to equal rights for gays and lesbians.
Singapore has just released data of new HIV infection rates in 2005. Homosexual transmission accounted for 25 per cent of the new infections, a marginal increase of two per cent from 2004. Alex Au has more.
As Singapore is gearing up for a general election, several new candidates were queried on their stance on homosexuality, the ban on gay events and if the country is ready for a gay MP.
Various governments have conveniently cited Asian values and the majority's rejection of gays and lesbians as being reasons for denial of equal rights. Alex Au asserts that fair treatment of sexual minorities is a right, and not just when the heterosexual majority is ready.
Anti-gay Christian groups have repeatedly misinterpreted Robert Spitzer's study to assert that homosexuals can "turn straight" and a writer to a Singapore newspaper accused the American Psychiatric Association of buckling due to "pressure tactics" when it declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973, Fridae columnist Alex Au sets the record straight.
Banned in China and decided against being shown in Malaysia by its distributor, millions of conventionally married homosexual men in Asia and their wives will not get to see the film which has resonated with both straight and gay viewers worldwide.
While much has been written about Brokeback Mountain about its gay theme, Fridae columnist Alex Au advises viewers to read the short story the movie is based on, and shares some pointers on how one can appreciate the wonderfully layered movie better.
Did the NVPC decide on Liberty League to conduct sex education in schools because no other group was available? Meanwhile, some have their suspicions about its founder Leslie Lung being on the telly twice this week, the second being on a panel show supposedly on the subject of intersexed children. Alex Au has more.
How can gays and lesbians be accepted as "regular" people and not as subversives? Alex Au delves into how a perspectival shift can help even as we hope for Asian societies to "get used to" gay people without having to be too confrontational.
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