Acclaimed poet and playwright Alfian Sa’at of Asian Boys Trilogy fame shares his thoughts about acceptance, diversity and community as he went around Singapore with the Pink Dot placard persuading people to pose with it.
Could having the highest concentration of (Caucasian) Buddhists - in the United States - have played a part in Vermont's relative ease with legalise same-sex marriage?
What's with being gay and bitchy? What are we trying to prove by being so mean to each other? Shinen Wong looks at where it might all come from and where we can go from here.
Once thought of as the ultimate life-force, cum today is also seen as potentially 'toxic' - a carrier of a whole host of diseases, from gonorrhea, syphilis to HIV. Shinen Wong calls for a gay male reclamation of the meaning of cum.
Shinen Wong ponders the meaning of gay Pride parades as Sydney, where he currently lives, is in the midst of the its 31st annual Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras festival season.
Depending on circumstances, Valentine's Day is either a time to celebrate the one you love, or it is yet another time of the year that excessive commercialisation of sexuality and romance in movies, ads, and chocolate specialty shops all lead to anxiety about being single... writes Shinen Wong.
More than half of the world's remaining "sodomy" laws - criminalising consensual homosexual conduct - are relics of British colonial rule. In 1860, British colonisers introduced a new criminal code including Section 377 to occupied India and other colonies.
It's an oft-used descriptor in personal ads but what does it really mean to advertise yourself as a "straight-acting" gay man? Shinen Wong delves into the term's underlying assumptions and bias.
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