Fridae

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.

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.

Singapore activist Alex Au muses about the benefits of having printed gay maps in the age of Internet and why cities should be proud they have one for visitors and locals alike.

As same-sex partnerships become increasingly common with Britain being the latest country to grant gay couples similar rights as heterosexually married ones this month, countries that don't, will in time find itself faced with tough decisions.

The influence of Christian right groups in shaping AIDS education and prevention strategies worldwide has proven to be highly problematic with its tactics such as the spreading of disinformation about condom safety and efficacy, and rigid abstinence-only sexual education programming.

Following a much-publicised wedding of a man and his transsexual spouse in Kuching, the Malaysian government has declared the marriage invalid. Columnist Alex Au muses on the responses of religious leaders versus Asian cultures which recognise "the third gender."

Are we a race without history, as gay and lesbian lives are all too often ignored? Singapore gay and social commentator Alex Au warns against historical amnesia and urges all to document our times and our lives.

In a new fortnightly column for Fridae, Singapore pioneer gay activist, Alex Au, writes about Warwick University's recent rejection of a Singapore proposal to set up a full-fledged campus in the city-state and why that signals a new phase of Singapore's liberalisation.

IndigNation - Singapore's first gay and lesbian pride month - closes this week with Adlus' sixth anniversary bash. Singapore's pioneer gay activist, Alex Au, recaps the series of events and shares how IndigNation was born.