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Nation's final beat.


Asia's biggest gay party is hanging up its thong. The annual Nation party--which peaked in 2004 with 8,000-plus revelers on the island of Sentosa in conservative Singapore--was held for the sixth and final time October 20-22 on the Thai island of Phuket. The party's organizer said he will instead devote his resources to promoting gay Asian visibility in other ways.

"Our mission is to empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems  gay Asia, and in some ways our parties are preaching to the already converted," said Stuart Koe, 34, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the Singapore-based Fridae media and events company, which also runs Asia's largest gay Web portal See portal. . "We can reach more people by doing our Web site and [HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. ] advocacy work behind the scenes."
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Title Annotation:WORLD FOCUS: Asia
Author:Gardner, Dinah
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:Dec 5, 2006
Words:120
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