Fridae

On Sunday 4 December, four cities in Asia will hold SlutWalk, a rally against rape and sexual shaming. Fridae speaks to the queer, straight and trans women behind the Singapore edition.

Pioneering gay Singaporean writer Andrew Koh is back in town. On Wed, Nov 9, he’ll be giving a reading from his award-winning novel Glass Cathedral. Ng Yi-Sheng chats with the Sydney-based nurse and writer about the "non-reception" he received despite winning a Commendation Award in the Singapore Literature Prize in 1994 and his new career in Chinese medicine.

Singapore is still waiting for the Court of Appeal to rule on a constitutional challenge to our gay sex law. Fridae looks at the personalities behind the case.

In the run-up to the Singapore Writers Festival, Fridae is interviewing some of the openly queer writers who’ll be featured in the program. This week, we profile Singaporean web diva Pat Law.

Fridae interviews Australian transgender writer Tom Cho, a guest at the coming Singapore Writers Festival, 22 to 30 October 2011.

The nation's gay sex law was today challenged by human rights lawyer M. Ravi – and by the presiding judges. Ng Yi-Sheng reports.

Emerging Singaporean director Lincoln Chia is receiving double exposure: his films 牡丹 (Mu Dan) and Echo are showing at the ongoing Indignation Film Festival (Aug 10 & 12) in Singapore while his latest short-film 姐妹 (Sisters), which is partially funded by Fridae, will premiere at the InDPanda International Short Film Festival in Hong Kong this weekend.

The Man Singapore Theatre Festival is being held once again from 3 to 21 August, helmed by the notoriously queer-friendly company W!ld Rice. We look at the lineup and interview young playwright Joel Tan, author of the gay-themed play Family Outing.

An upcoming play by beloved Singapore songwriter Dick Lee exposes the seamy world of male beauty pageants. Fridae chats with the hunky actors playing the contestants: Eli Tee, Kaeng Chan and Rodney Oliveiro.

Fridae interviews Singaporean artist Michael Lee, whose latest work Office Orchitect is showing at the Singapore Biennale, about his legacy of homoerotic art. His first gay-themed work One Or Zero (1997) is still banned in Singapore despite having bagged the first prize in the experimental category of the United Film and Video Association Student Film Competition.