Fridae

A common opinion is that gay relationships are less permanent than straight ones... but do or should we aspire towards having committed lifelong relationships? Openly gay Singaporean man Otto Fong shares his views in response to a recent article on Time.com.

Anti-gay proponents from US Christian evangelicals Revs. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson to Singapore’s Pastor Rony Tan have long linked same-sex marriage to bestiality, incest and polygamy... and now former Republican Representative for Arizona JD Hayworth.

The police in Penang have accused local authorities of inaction resulting in the state becoming a gay sex services hub.

Shanghai has a flourishing gay scene with an emergence of new bars, clubs and social groups although a good number of the men who participate are married to women, reports AFP.

Nepal wants a larger slice of the multibillion-dollar gay tourist market and is promoting the possibility of organising the world's highest same-sex 'weddings' at Everest base.

Speaking the same week as a play he is producing opens in New York, Sir Elton John told The Sunday Telegraph that a former lover threw himself to his death under a passing lorry because he could not reconcile his homosexuality with his Christian beliefs.

ILGA Asia will hold its 4th Regional Conference in Indonesia on March 26-28, 2010, with the theme "LGBT ASIA Moving Forward!"

Gay singer Adam Lambert, who performed last weekend at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, spoke his mind about being visible and proud as a gay person.

The following report was produced by a team of five lawyers and civil rights activists after newspapers widely reported the story of Dr. SR Siras who had been unknowingly filmed in his home having consensual sex with another adult male and subsequently suspended by the university he works at.

A professor in an Indian university, who was filmed having consensual sex with another man, was suspended from his job last month after the matter was brought to the notice of the college authorities.