Archives > September 2006
Community Involvement Must for Better Sexual Health Information
Hindu - Chennai, India, September 30, 2006
Gender-based constraints, for both married and unmarried youth in India, influence sexual behaviour and attitudes, and restrict knowledge and access to reproductive and sexual health services.
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Nepal Urged to Curb Harassment of Gays
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu, Nepal, September 29, 2006
Delhi Declaration on Men having Sex with Men (MSM) produced by International Consultation on MSM called upon governments, international donors, multilateral institutions and civil society for urgent and coordinated responses to deal with HIV epidemics among MSM and transgender persons that is rapidly increasing in the region.
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I'm Not a Pedophile, Says Ex-Adelaide Man
NEWS.com.au - Australia, September 29, 2006
Jailed and accused of child sex, Adelaide businessman Don Storen yesterday declared from behind bars he was not a pedophile.
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China Gender Imbalance Increases as Sex-Selection Abortions
LifeNews.com - Helena, USA, September 27, 2006
China’s gender imbalance continues to rise. The sex preference is historical in this Asian nation but it's exacerbated by family planning policies that prohibit more than one child per family.
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When a Woman Falls in Love With Another Woman
AsiansinMedia.org - UK, September 28, 2006
In 1985, Stephen Frears' film My Beautiful Launderette depicted a highly controversial and explicit sex scene between a British Pakistani lad, Omar and a white racist thug, Johnny. Twenty-one years later we are about to be served a more sanitised and lighthearted version in Nina's Heavenly Delights.
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Gay, But Not Happy
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, September 25, 2006
Recently, an open letter asking for a repeal of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was released in India. At the same time there is a petition lying before the Delhi High Court seeking an order so that this Section would not apply to sexual acts between consenting adults of the same sex.
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Feature - South Korea Sex Trade Revamps After Clampdown
Reuters India - Mumbai, India, September 27, 2006
Prostitution has been illegal in South Korea since 1948, but until recently authorities turned a blind eye to the booming sex industry that belies South Korea's reputation as a straight-laced Confucian society.
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Group Formed v. Child Commercial Sex Exploitation
Sun.Star - Philippines, September 27, 2006
Private and public sectors including the non-government organizations (NGO) have banded together to address problems on the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
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Oledan: Teach-Ins
Sun.Star - Philippines, September 27, 2006
The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), undertook a campus tour to provide venue for the youth to discuss among themselves issues like abortion, premarital sex and teen pregnancies.
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Why We Need to Break the Chains of Gay People
Rediff - India, September 27, 2006
It's strange how the movement to annul the anti-sodomy laws has been proceeding. The latest being the hue and cry over the open letter by Vikram Seth and over 150 others for the removal of Section 377 from the Indian Penal Code for being unconstitutional.
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Finding Her Creative Voice
Malaysia Star - Malaysia, September 24, 2006
Sexual repression, very much part and parcel of life in China, is one of the themes of February Flowers, Wu’s debut novel, which has been picked by Pan Macmillan to launch its new Picador Asia imprint.
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Huge Gap in Husbands, Wives’ Knowledge of HIV: Study
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai, India, September 24, 2006
The National Institute of Research in Reproductive Health study on male involvement in reproductive health reveals 14.5 per cent males, 10.7 per cent females disagree that condoms help prevent HIV infection.
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Casualties of Casual Sex
Malaysia Star - Malaysia, September 24, 2006
Teenage pregnancies are on the rise. Social workers who work on such cases explain the reasons for this and how young women deal with the choices before them: abortion, adoption or motherhood.
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Jail Hospice for Convicted AIDS Patients
Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi, India, September 23, 2006
A HIV AIDS hospice, the first of its kind in the country, is all set to throw its doors open at the Presidency Jail. The AIDS-afflicted residents of the hospice will receive assistance from the life convicts trained to take special care of their fellow-inmates in care centres behind the bars.
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Japanese City Amends Pro-Gay Law
China Post - Taipei, Taiwan, September 23, 2006
A Japanese city amended a rare local law protecting homosexuals from discrimination Friday, despite protests from activists who said the law was being watered down.
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Game Better Than Text
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, September 23, 2006
Point of View, a non-profit organisation, asked the students of St. Andrew’s College in Bandra to road-test a new board game on HIV, gender, sexuality and human rights.
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Noted Clinical Psychologist to Offer Advice on Sex Online
INQ7.net - Philippines, September 21, 2006
Over the years, Dr. Margarita Holmes’ name has become synonymous with a frank discussion of human sexuality -- from abortion to penile enlargement -- in books, TV shows and newspaper columns.
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Hong Kong Govt Loses Plea on Law for Gay Consent
Gulf Times - Doha, Qatar, September 21, 2006
Hong Kong’s government yesterday lost an appeal against a landmark ruling which struck down a law saying gay men under the age of 21 should be jailed for life for acts of sodomy.
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Chennai School Forbids Inter-Gender Talk
NDTV.com - New Delhi, India, September 20, 2006
A co-education school in Chennai bars girls and boys from talking to each other. One will probably wonder why Vellamal School is a co-ed school. Boys and girls are forbidden from talking to each other.
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Mendaki to Launch Study on Malay Teenage Sexuality
Channel News Asia - Singapore, September 19, 2006
Mendaki will soon embark on Singapore's first long-term qualitative study on teenage sexuality in the Malay-Muslim community.
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MPs Will Now be Educated on Gay Rights
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, September 19, 2006
The gay movement that has recently gained momentum in India is now aiming at garnering support from Members of Parliament and educating them on the subject of homosexuality.
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Injuries Don’t Suggest Rape in Subic Case
Philippine Headline News - Manila, Philippines, September 19, 2006
The injuries sustained by the private complainant in the rape case against four United States Marines do not suggest that she is a victim of sexual assault, an expert witness for the defense told the Makati City regional trail court (RTC) yesterday.
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India Takes Condom Campaign to the Skies
TODAYonline - Singapore, September 19, 2006
Health activists are taking advantage of India's love of kite flying to try and boost condom usage in a country which has the world's highest number of HIV/AIDS sufferers.
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Prostitutes Slam Mayor, Demand Right to Work On
Taiwan Headlines - Taipei, Taiwan, September 19, 2006
A group of prostitutes and advocates for the rights of sex workers denounced Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou on Tuesday for continuing to deprive prostitutes of their right to work and urged the Taipei City Government to re-legitimize prostitution.
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India's Literary Elite Call for Anti-Gay Law to be Scrapped
Guardian Unlimited - UK, September 18, 2006
More than 100 leading figures of literature, film and academia in India rallied this weekend against a "colonial-era" law making homosexuality a criminal offence.
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Only in India that Despite Your (J&K Bar) Comments You are Being
Organiser - New Delhi, India, September 17, 2006
For once, the CBI, that has lost much of its credibility by dancing to the tunes of political bosses, did a fine job of bringing to justice influential politicians, civil and police officers in Kashmir in a criminal case known as “Kashmir Sex Scandal.
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City Gays Hope Letter Will Make a Difference
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, September 17, 2006
The gay and lesbian community in Mumbai hopes that its struggle to gain acceptance in mainstream society will speed up after noted author Vikram Seth and nobel laureate Amartya Sen endorsed a campaign to strike down the draconian Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalizes homosexuality.
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Bishops Back Gays' Desire to Get Congress Seat
Sun.Star - Philippines, September 17, 2006
Leaders of the Catholic Church said Saturday "third sex" or the gay community must also be given a fair chance to exercise their rights and be represented.
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One-Sixth of HIV-Positive Pinoys are Female OFWs
INQ7.net - Philippines, September 16, 2006
One sixth of Filipinos diagnosed as HIV-positive are female migrant workers, Suneeta Mukherjee, country representative of the United Nations Population Fund, said during the simultaneous Philippine launch this week of the State of World Population Report 2006.
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Gay Rights Group to Join Philippine Electoral Fray
Raw Story - Cambridge, USA, September 16, 2006
A gay rights group vowed Saturday to vie for seats in the Philippine congressional elections next year to champion the rights and welfare of gays.
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Srinagar Sex Scandal Case Reaches Chandigarh Court
India eNews.com - Gurgaon, India, September 15, 2006
All files pertaining to the infamous Srinagar sex scandal case involving politicians and bureaucrats have reached the district and sessions court here for trial.
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Where Love has Lost its Voice
Hindustan Times - India, September 15, 2006
In the words of Vikram Seth, ‘To build a truly democratic and plural India, we must collectively fight against laws and policies that abuse human rights and limit fundamental freedoms’.
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China Facing Gay AIDS Epidemic
PinkNews.co.uk - UK, September 14, 2006
According to a study, one of China’s major cities risks facing an AIDS epidemic reminiscent of San Francisco 25 years ago if authorities do not act.
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India to Ask Villagers to Encourage Safe Sex
China Post - Taipei, Taiwan, September 14, 2006
India plans to recruit one young man and woman from every large village in the country to over the next five years teach their peers about safe sex and HIV, a health official said on Wednesday.
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It's Hard to be a Man These Days, Survey Shows
Nation Multimedia - Bangkok, Thailand, September 13, 2006
Entitled "Global Better Sex Survey 2006", the survey was carried out in 27 countries, including Thailand, from October 2005 to March 2006. In the survey, about 12,500 men and women were asked a series of questions.
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Dance and Performance
Minneapolis City Pages - Minneapolis, USA, September 13, 2006
Despite miserable conditions, daily health risks, and abject poverty, the thousands of women who toil in the sex trade in Kolkata have found a way to organize and demand their dignity.
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Banned Chinese Director Brings Film to Toronto Festival
CBC News - Canada, September 13, 2006
Toronto film festival audiences get their first chance on Wednesday to see the sexually and politically charged Chinese film Summer Palace — the movie that netted director Lou Ye a five-year ban from filmmaking.
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House Committee Passes Comfort Women Resolution for First Time
The Hankyoreh - South Korea, September 13, 2006
A U.S. House committee passed Thursday the first resolution ever holding Japan accountable for sexual enslavement of women during its colonial occupation of Asia in the past century.
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What's Life Like for a Homosexual in Urban India?
Times Now.tv - Mumbai, India, September 12, 2006
Pansy, Queer, homosexual, person with alternate sexuality - terminologies may have become politically correct when it comes to referring to homosexuals, but have perceptions really changed?
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Becoming a Woman
Malaysia Star - Malaysia, September 9, 2006
Becoming a woman is more than just having breasts. It’s also about having the right attitude, a transsexual tells Leong Siok Hui.
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Section 377 to Go?
Times of India - India, September 28, 2006
The ministry of health and family welfare is working with the home ministry to repeal Section 377 of the IPC that outlaws homosexuality.
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Sex Lessons in Public Schools Pushed
Manila Standard Today - Philippines, September 8, 2006
Safe sex does not mean it has to be between two people of the same gender. That is the sentiment of civil society organizations, with support from the Department of Education, which conducted a symbolic activity to show the public that sexuality education can be done without any need for “props” such as eggplants and bananas.
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Remember, Your Child has to Be Protected
Hindu - Chennai, India, September 8, 2006
Raise the topic of child sexual abuse (CSA) and the immediate response is "It doesn't happen in India". But surveys in cities like Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai show that what is known about the problem is often the tip of the iceberg.
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Activists Urge Shift in Views on Sexual Identity
Taiwan Headlines - Taipei, Taiwan, September 8, 2006
With Teachers' Day approaching, gay rights activists launched a campaign on Tuesday to urge members of the public to each write a letter to their current or former teachers asking that they alter their attitudes on sexual identity, which remains a taboo subject on school campuses.
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Condom Use Promoted in Fight Against AIDS
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China, September 7, 2006
Entertainment venues in Chongging where customers might be able to pay for sex will be fined or shut if they fail to provide condoms. The pioneering move has come as authorities in the Southwest China municipality fight to stop the spread of HIV, a local newspaper reported yesterday.
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Rainbow to Grace Taipei City Hall
Gay.com UK - UK, September 7, 2006
Civic officials sponsoring a gay festival in Taipei, Taiwan, will hoist the rainbow flag on September 17 above City Hall in what they term a first for an Asian city.
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City Girls Reach Puberty Earlier: Study
Times of India - India, September 7, 2006
The age of attaining sexual maturity among girls in urban India has dropped to 11 from 13. The reverse is true in rural India, where girls are reaching puberty even later than 13.
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More Intersex Fish Found in Potomac
China Daily - China, September 7, 2006
Some species of male fish in the Potomac River and its tributaries are developing female sexual traits at a frequency higher than scientists have seen before, raising concerns about pollutants in a waterway that provides drinking water for millions of people.
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Risque Clothes Incite Male Sex Pests
China Daily - China, September 7, 2006
A survey of more than 4,000 Chinese professionals suggests provocative dress is regarded as a major cause of sexual harassment in the office, with bosses blamed for most incidents.
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Making Prevention Work: Interventions With Gay Men
Aidsmap - UK, September 7, 2006
In some parts of the world such as south-east Asia, there is evidence of a quite recent and sudden increase in HIV prevalence among gay and male-desiring men.
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Women Urge Government to Act Against Abuse in the Name of Religion
Indian Catholic - New Delhi, India, September 6, 2006
Women activists have urged the Indonesian government to take firm action against abuse of women perpetrated in the name of religion.
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Applications for Sex Change Rising
Korea Times - South Korea, September 6, 2006
A growing number of transsexuals are applying to courts for a gender change on their family registration records, following the Supreme Court’s legal recognition of sex changes in June.
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India Primarily To Promote Condom Use in its HIV Prevention
Kaiser network.org - Washington, USA, September 5, 2006
India primarily will promote condoms to prevent HIV transmission as part of the government's five-year, $2.5 billion HIV/AIDS initiative, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said recently.
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At Large Still a Lot to Do
INQ7.net - Philippines, September 5, 2006
Despite having been in force for 25 years, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has yet to be fully implemented in the Philippines, an experts' committee appraising a Philippine government report has found.
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Editorial: Safety Net
Sun.Star - Philippines, September 4, 2006
The initial findings of a study conducted by RAF Inc. among out-of-school youths in seven Cebu City barangays reveals that confusion and misconceptions prevail in many youngsters about pregnancy, contraception and STIs.
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Daring to Defy in Nepal
OhmyNews International - South Korea, September 4, 2006
On Aug. 26, two young men, Anil Mahaju and Diya (who does not want his last name published), tied the nuptial knot becoming the first same-sex couple in Nepal to do so in a public function.
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5-Year Ban for Chinese Director
CBC North - Canada, September 4, 2006
Chinese authorities have barred director Lou Ye from making films in the country for the next five years after he submitted a movie to this year's Cannes Film Festival without official approval.
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First Painting Exhibition in Hanoi on Homosexuality
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi, Vietnam, September 3, 2006
Recently, homosexuality has been discussed broadly in the media. Articles on the lives of several homosexual men have even been run the on the front pages of many newspapers. On September 3, a painting exhibition will feature the theme of homosexuality in Hanoi.
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Mantra for Success at Work is Good Sex: Expert
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, September 3, 2006
According to sexologist Dr. Sudhakar Krishnamurthy, "the mantra for success at work is good sex three to five times a week at home".
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NCW for Banning Website Offering Gender-Testing Kit
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, September 2, 2006
Concerned at a website offering gender-testing kits for pregnant women and becoming popular in states like Punjab and Gujarat, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked the government to intervene immediately and was exploring ways to ban it.
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Delhi Most Unsafe City for Women
India eNews.com - Gurgaon, India, September 1, 2006
The national capital is the most unsafe of 35 cities in the country in terms of violence against women, a report by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) has revealed.
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NACO Readies Action Plan to Help Gays
Times of India - India, September 1, 2006
With an alarming increase in HIV infection among men who have sex with other men (MSM) in India, the National Aids Control Organisation (Naco) has decided to increase the number of interventions meant for this community from 30 at present to 232 in the next five years.
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Indian Doctor Suspended for Misconduct
Times of India - India, September 1, 2006
An Indian doctor in New Zealand has been suspended from practicing on charges of professional misconduct.
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Veils And Jails
alt.muslim- USA, September 1, 2006
On February 22, 1979, the then President of Pakistan General Zia-ul-Haq began his infamous "Islamisation" campaign and promulgated four separate ordinances collectively known as the Hudood Ordinances.
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