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Newsletter Issue 435
Jul 2, 2009
 
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Short Circuit - London

2009-07-03
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Recesses of my Mind by Martin Loh

2009-07-02 - 2009-07-12
Shibuya

TOSHIYUKI MACHIDA PhotoMovie Exhibition

2009-07-04 - 2009-07-05
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BAD BOYS vol.12

2009-07-04 - 2009-07-05
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Outfest 2009

2009-07-09 - 2009-07-19
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News

Delhi High Court legalises gay sex
In a historic and eagerly anticipated judgment following an 8-year legal batte, the Delhi High Court on Thursday legalised gay sex among consenting adults by ruling in favour of a petition which sought a 'reading down' of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

Commentary
The long road of the Section 377 case
Vikram Doctor looks back at the struggles, considerations and strategies by the various NGOs involved with getting the petition written, filed and heard by the Delhi High Court after it was once thrown out on a technicality.
News
Delhi High Court to deliver ruling on Section 377 today
The Delhi High Court is due to deliver its much-awaited verdict on a petition seeking decriminalisation of same-sex relations at 10.30am IST (Indian Standard Time / GMT +5:30 hours).
Commentary

Gay pride

It's a term much bandied about and as the pride season draws to a close in the US and elsewhere, San Francisco-based Tan Chong Kee takes closer look at what it means to feel “pride”.

Living with HIV

Living with HIV - My second coming out (Part 2)

So what would you do if you had just found out you’re HIV+ – and then your brother keeps bugging you to tell him something he thinks you should? This was the dilemma SL Yang was caught in when he was diagnosed more than a decade ago.

Entertainment

Katoey

Playwright Rob McBride examines the West’s exposure to Thailand’s sex trade through the eyes of a naïve Australian protagonist who found himself robbed by a 'transgender' prostitute the morning after - in Katoey, a recent play at Hong Kong’s Fringe Club.

News

Out! Out! You homosexual demon!: Exorcism video sparks controversy

A video, which shows a 16-year-old teenager writhing on the floor at a Connecticut church, has caused outrage among gay rights advocates and gay netizens.

Entertainment

'Bruno' under fire from US gay groups

Although Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest mocumentary Bruno has not hit the big screens, the movie has come under fire from US gay groups who warn that the movie may further encourage gay stereotypes than to dispel them.

News

India's home affairs, law and health ministries to review gay sex laws

As LGBTs in several Indian cities take to the streets last weekend for the second year running, it has been revealed that a multi-ministry review of its colonial-era Section 377 is underway as the home ministry, which has been constantly opposed to any change, now appears to have changed its stand.

Lifestyle

Is it okay to be Buddhist and gay?

'Reflections of a gay Buddhist' is a new column by Sharon Saw in which she shares her tumultuous journey through life, love and the bits in between; and tries to make sense of it all with the Dharma as her unfailing compass.

HTC Hero

HTC Hero steps out of original Goggle Android format with a new feature, Sense UI.

Duplicity

Julia, oh Julia! Where have you been?

Autopsy

A completely derivative horror film that loads up on blood, gore and dismemberment. Will someone please put an end to torture porn already!

Threads of Destiny

The second Japanese film to be adapted from a cellphone novel is a sickening sweet and meandering melodrama about two teenage lovers whose think their romance is written in the stars. Yuck.

Here

Here is only the second Singapore film to compete at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Quiet, measured and totally enigmatic, the film will intrigue some and frustrate many.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Those spectacular robots that can shape-shift from ordinary vehicles into mean fighting machines are back for more mayhem in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Without a doubt, they never looked better. Pity the awful script.

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age 3 brings dinosaurs, wooly mammoths and saber toothed tigers together to entertain the young and er, the young-at-heart. 

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