Archives > May 2005
Sexuality, Spies and Sin
Manila Times - Manila, Phillipines, May 22, 2005
It took no more than a year for amateur pornographic videos to become such a fixture of the times that they no longer shock or elicit curiosity.
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Youths Discuss Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues
Vietnam News Agency - Hanoi, Vietnam, May 23, 2005
More than 60 students from universities and high schools in Ho Chi Minh City on May 23 participated in a forum aimed at raising young people's awareness of reproductive and sexual health. During the forum, participants discussed sexual harassment, sexually-transmitted diseases and unexpected pregnancies. They put forward proposals aimed at helping the reproductive and sexual health programme be carried out effectively.
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You've Come a Long Way, Shady Lady
Times of India - New Delhi, India, May 29, 2005
The Article, by Bachi Karkaria, is an account of the second national meet of the Darbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), held at Kolkatta. The DMSC, registered in 1995, had a single point agenda: "Sex work is real work".
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AIDS Bill to be Introduced in Winter Session
Rediff - India, May 26, 2005
The Bill on safeguarding rights of the HIV-infected people is likely to be introduced in the winter session of Parliament.
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Homosexuality Not a 'Lifestyle'
Malaysiakini.com - Malaysia, May 16, 2005
The article raised pertinent thoughts on the topic of HIV/AIDS and homosexuality vis-a-vis the Muslim perspective.
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Sri Lanka's Gays Share Their Journey
BBC News, Sri Lanka, May 19, 2005
Throughout South Asia, homosexuality has been a taboo subject. But there are signs in some areas that gay people are now becoming more open in their behaviour. life in Sri Lanka.
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Pills and Condoms go Underground in Manila
ABS CBN News - The Philippines, May 24, 2005
Many nongovernmental organizations in the city of Manila are feeling as if they were involved in an illicit trade. The NGOs say that they are being forced to provide contraceptive pills and other artificial birth-control materials in the shadows and under the table.
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China's Dangerous Sexual Ignorance
BBC News - China, May 24, 2005
In one cafe in southern China, pictures of naked women hang on the walls - a rare sight in this country. But that is what this cafe is all about. It was set up by the City Government Reproductive Health Centre, and is an attempt to bring sex education into the open. Three quarters of young Chinese learn about sex through pornography, writes the BBC's Louisa Lim.
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Free Expression Faces Threat in Gay-Rights Push
The Standard - Hong Kong, May 23, 2005
A drive for legislation aimed at ending discrimination against homosexuals may threaten freedom of expression, according to a University of Hong Kong University.
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Human Rights Watchdog Condemns Hong Kong Over Gay Rights
365Gay.com - Hong Kong, May 22, 2005
A watchdog human rights agency has condemned the Hong Kong government for dragging its heels in enacting civil rights for gays and lesbians. In a report to the government Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor says that the semi-automatons city state is lagging behind the rest of the world.
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Sexual Harassment: A Growing Social Problem
China Daily - China, May 20, 2005
Sexual harassment is a growing social problem in China. Experts point out that the sexual harassment of women is directly related to the country's social and cultural structures.
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China City eyes Official Affairs
BBC News - Shanghai, China, May 20, 2005
A Chinese city has called for officials to admit to any extra-marital affairs they may be having, in an effort to stem corruption.
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Fear and Loathing in Gay India
BBC News - India, May 19, 2005
Throughout South Asia, homosexuality has been a taboo subject. There are signs in some areas that gay people are now becoming more open in their behaviour. In the first of a series of articles from the region, the BBC's Soutik Biswas looks at gay life in India.
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A Movie and a Legal Battle Challenge India's Notion of Gays
San Francisco Chronicle - New Delhi, India, May 14, 2005
In a country where homosexuality is routinely met with both scorn and pity and talking about AIDS is still often taboo, the release of a film that deals with both would be expected to stir anger and controversy.
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Brazil's Rejection Of US AIDS Funding to Protest Condemnation of Commercial Sex Work Sensible
Medical News - May 11, 2005
Brazil's rejection of $40 million in US AIDS grants because of a Bush administration requirement that HIV/AIDS organizations seeking funding to provide services in other countries must pledge to oppose commercial sex work is "sensible and humane," a... Sacramento Bee editorial says ( Sacramento Bee , 5/7). Brazilian officials last week said that the country has refused $40 million in U.S. AIDS.
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PAKISTAN: Focus on Gay Rights
Reuters - Lahore, Pakistan, May 10, 2005
Sitting on a bench in the shade of the cool palms of Lahore's Lawrence Gardens, Tariq thought carefully over what to say next. For years he had kept his sexuality a secret, knowing all too well the risk of revealing himself as gay.
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RSS And The Gender Question
Milli Gazette - India, May 1-5, 2005
One always wondered as to why the patriarch of Sangh combines, the plethora of organizations pursuing the goal of Hindu Nation, RSS, is an exclusively male organization.
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The Politics Of Homosexuality: Coming Out
The Manila Times - Manila, The Philippines, May 3, 2005
In his groundbreaking essay that appeared in the New Republic on May 10, 1993, the gay writer Andrew Sullivan recalled a poignant moment when, after openly discussing his sexuality on a television talk show, he “sat on the porch of an apartment building in downtown D.C. with an arm around a male friend and watched as a dozen cars in a half hour slowed to hurl abuse.
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Honey, I saw A Shrink..
The Times of India - New Delhi, India, May 3, 2005
There is a shift. And the shift is in attitude. The newage woman now has no aitraaz in seeking professional help in matters relating to her sexuality and relationships.
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