Archives > October 2005
Patil's Assurance to NCW on Changes in Sexual Assault Laws
Hindu - Chennai, India, October 29, 2005
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has assured the National Commission for Women (NCW) that the Government would incorporate the amendments suggested by it on the existing laws on sexual assault.
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Health-Asia: Talking Sex to Save Young Lives
Inter Press Service - Malaysia, October 25, 2005
Talking sex in predominantly Muslim Malaysia is not for the faint-hearted. More so if you dare do it in the full gaze of the public eye and on television week in and week out.
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Homosexuality Recommended to be Included In Medical Textbooks
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China, October 25, 2005
Homosexuality, long neglected in China out of ignorance, has been recommended to be included in the country's orthodox learning. At the first international forum on sex medicine held in China on Sunday, experts said discussing homosexuality in textbooks is essential to create a social environment tolerable to the country's estimated 18 million homosexuals.
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Sex-Crime News 'Damaging Society'
Bangkok Post - Thailand, October 24, 2005
The media's improper reporting of sex crimes had led to a phenomenon of ''sexual adversity'' in Thai society, speakers told a forum yesterday. It had generated a decay in social attitudes with sexual violence becoming more frequent and more intense, academics and women's rights advocates said.
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Police Need to be Gender Sensitive
Times of India - Mumbai, India, October 23, 2005
Gender sensitisation programmes for the police after the Marine Drive rape case have opened a can of worms regarding sexual harassment of women in the force.
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Transsexuals Call for Equal Treatment
Korea Times - South Korea, October 23, 2005
A 54-year-old who underwent a transsexual operation in 1992 looks no different than any other middle-aged man. However, he has had difficulties at work and in his marriage because he is still a woman on the family register.
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How to Reconcile Islam, Sexuality And Liberty?
New York Times - United States, October 22, 2005
Six recent "honor killings" in Berlin have focused attention on a culture of violent male repression of women in some Muslim immigrant communities in Europe.
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Outing is Best
Times of India - India, October 21, 2005
In September, when a gay rights group appealed to the courts to amend Article 377 of the Constitution which deems homosexuality a crime, the government's lawyers held that the law should not be changed as Indian society disapproved of homosexuality and regarded it as criminal activity even when adults indulged in it in private.
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A Queer Statement
Hindustan Times - India, October 20, 2005
The Planning Commission's recent statement encouraging the legalisation of sex work and homosexuality is a welcome step.
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Across The Floor: No Gender Bender
Malay Mail - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 20, 2005
The country is not ready to sanction sex change operations as it is against social and family values.
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Plan Panel Sires a Sex Revolution
Timesofindia.com - New Delhi, India, October 17, 2005
The contours of sexual behaviour in the country may change radically if the Planning Commission's recommendations to sharpen the campaign against the spread of HIV/AIDS fructify.
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Stop, Think, Act
Malaysia Star � Malaysia, October 16, 2005
Touching is an important communication tool for the deaf. But they need to learn when the physical contact constitutes molest or is inappropriate.
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Filling Post is First Hurdle in Third-Sex Initiative
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, October 10, 2005
The first and the only specialist health clinic in south-east Asia to address psychosexual problems of hijras is in peril. A search over six months for a full-time nurse and a lab technician yielded no results.
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Vietnamese Capital to Record Arrests of Sex Workers Online
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, October 7, 2005
Hanoi is set to start a system of monitoring sex workers by recording arrests on a computer network so that authorities can get a handle on repeat offenders.
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Santosh Sivan: Why I Made Navarasa
Rediff ? India, October 5, 2005
The film is the story of people belonging to the third gender, the Aravanis. The Koovagam festival is a celebration of their very existence.
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