By Vitaya Saeng-Aroon

Chaiwat “Tob” Thongsang of Bangkok Love Story fame speaks to Fridae's Vitaya Saeng-Aroon about success, taking on a gay role as a 17-year-old rookie actor and his future plans.

By Dinah Gardner

China may be leading in the gold medals tally in the Beijing Olympics but it's not doing too well in the Olympic hottie table, as Fridae's Beijing correspondent Dinah Gardner finds out.

By News Editor

In the biggest celebrity union since California's Supreme Court overturned a state ban on same-sex marriage, US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her long-time partner actress Portia de Rossi marry on Saturday.

By Sylvia Tan

Photographer, actor, writer, arts critic and Arts Programme Director of The Annexe, Central Market - arguably Kuala Lumpur's buzziest centre for contemporary arts - Pang Khee Teik is putting together Seksualiti Merdeka, Malaysia's first "sexuality rights" festival from Aug 29 – 31.

By News Editor

Panama, the southernmost country of Central America, has repealed its 60-year-old sodomy laws.

By News Editor

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss says he supports the repeal of his country's 145-year-old British-era law which criminalises same-sex sexual relations.

By David Cheong

Bears, musclebears, G-men... the lines seem to be blurring in Singapore and elsewhere in Asia as the subculture becomes increasingly visible. David Cheong highlights TheBearProject Charity Art Show to be held this Saturday and gives readers an introduction to this group of heavy-set men.

By News Editor

Only 11 of the 11,000 athletes at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are known to be openly gay or bisexual - and of which only one is a gay man.

By News Editor

Gay relationships can "reflect the love of God" in a way that is comparable to marriage, wrote Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams eight years ago in private letters that have been leaked to the media.

By News Editor

Men who have sex with men (MSM) are 19 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population, yet nearly half of the 128 country reports fail to provide any data on MSM, says AIDS group amFAR.