What is it that the LGBT community in Hong Kong seeks and how may it achieve it? The Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the University of Hong Kong hosted a forum with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Saturday 26 April and flew in an impressive panel of eminent jurists to discuss these basic questions. Nigel Collett reports on the session.
Aside from the threat of life imprisonment if convicted, what are the effects of the existence of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code? Human rights activist and lawyer Arvind Narrain highlights the insidious impact of the 148-year-old law and its existence (or non-existence) as a cultural signifier.
The life story of playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, who is today widely celebrated as an artist persecuted for his homosexuality, is being told in Wilde starring Stephen Fry and Jude Law. The movie will be shown at a Gala Fundraiser on May 13 to benefit Indignation, Singapore's gay pride season.
How far does God's love go? Does it salve all pain and resolve all questions? Alex Au reviews Secret Sunshine - the Best Picture winner of this year's 2nd Asian Film Awards - about a woman's journey of faith.
The European Court of Justice has just recognised equal pension rights for same-sex partners. Can we expect such rulings to spread to Asia? Prof Douglas Sanders outlines same-sex partnership rights worldwide.
A mother recently wrote to papers to complain that her 17-year-old son was given a gift of a condom when he bought a cake from a bakery. A recent survey in Singapore found that about 1 in 5 didn't know that a condom could protect one against HIV while about a third believed that HIV could be transmitted through a mosquito bite or by kissing. Alex Au wonders why is it so hard to talk about sex?
Fridae first reported that part of director Cynthia Wade's speech made during the acceptance of her Oscar award was snipped when it was shown on Singapore TV... Alex Au attempts to decipher what's allowed and what's not based on replies by the broadcasting authority and broadcaster.
Are gay people unwilling to believe the science surrounding homosexuality, instead preferring simple cut-and-dried answers? Alex Au looks at current scientific consensus which say that multiple genes do play a part and urges scientific literacy.
Using Men Like Me - an ongoing exhibition in Melbourne showing the work of 8 Asian photographers - as a springboard, Martin Lum contrasts the Australian and Asian expressions of masculinity, and Australia's opportunity to see a different perspective of Asian men.
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