Archives > January 2007
Little Boys Too Not Safe Anymore
Newindpress - Chennai, India, February 5, 2007
Boys are being increasingly targeted and victimized in our society. It may be because homosexuality is finally coming out of the closet. There is a perpetuated misconception that sex with a virgin male or female cures sexually transmitted disease (STD) and AIDS.
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CAMBODIA: Focus on MSM and the Spread of HIV/AIDS
Reuters AlertNet - London, UK, January 30, 2007
According to UNAIDS, the estimated level of infection among adults in Cambodia has dropped from a high of 3 percent in 1997 to 1.6 percent in 2006, which can be partly attributed to increasing HIV mortality as those infected during the period of peak HIV incidence move into AIDS.
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From 'Fire' to 'Journey' to ‘Kiran’: Indian Lesbians Evolve on Film
AfterEllen.com - USA, January 30, 2007
For diasporic South Asian lesbians, the opportunity to see themselves positively reflected in cinema has increased significantly within the last few years, paralleling developments in films about other minorities that increasingly address issues beyond coming-out.
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It's a Sexual Revolution in China
Times of India - New Delhi, India, January 28, 2007
An emerging sense of permissiveness appears to have jolted orthodox Chinese societ even as it grapples with a new-found prosperity and sense of liberation in the young.
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Sex Trafficking in South Asia
Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan
Although some estimates suggest that every year 1 to 2 million women, men and children are trafficked worldwide, around 225,000 of them are from South Asia (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Maldives, and Bhutan).
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Breaking Sexual Taboos
Bangkok Post - Bangkok, Thailand, January 28, 2007
When it comes to teaching young people about sex, teachers across the South are having a bit of trouble knowing what to tell their students. Teachers here say religious beliefs are an obstacle to attempts to introduce sex education into schools across the region.
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Commentary: Draft Law Legalises Rape - by Husbands
Bangkok Post - Bangkok, Thailand, January 28, 2007
According to the draft amendment on the law regarding rape, rape and sexual offences will be punishable with a jail term from four to 20 years and a fine of 8,000 to 40,000 baht _ unless it involves marital partners.
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Boxing the Genie
Daily Pioneer - New Delhi, India, January 28, 2007
According to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, AXN flouted India's guidelines by telecasting a programme titled "World's sexiest advertisements" and invited action because this was their second offence.
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China’s Leaders Vow to Purify Web
CNN.com - Beijing , China , January 26, 2007
The State media has reported that the Chinese Communist Party Chief, Hu Jintao has vowed to "purify" the Internet, describing a top-level meeting that discussed ways to master the country's sprawling, unruly online population.
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US, UN, China Launch Joint Campaign on HIV-AIDS Education
Voice of America - USA, January 26, 2007
The U.S.-funded, $3.5 million campaign will target industrial sectors in China where workers are known to engage in high-risk behavior, such as commercial sex and intravenous drug use.
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Denmark Supports Radio Drama Series on HIV/AIDS
Viet Nam News - Hanoi, Vietnam, January 26, 2007
The Danish embassy in Ha Noi has announced a grant of nearly 4 million Danish kroner to support a serialised radio drama on HIV/AIDS that will run on the Voice of Viet Nam.
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Lady's Swingers Ring Fuels Debate on Sex and Marriage
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai, China, January 26, 2007
A young policewoman dismissed for allegedly running a swinging, or spouse-swapping network, has fueled the already heated debate in China about whether sex and marriage can be, or should be, separated.
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China Keeps One-Child Despite Acknowledging Skewed Gender Ratio
Gospelherald.com - China, January 26, 2007
Beijing denies that the one-child policy is the only cause to the current skewed sex ratio, blaming the figures on the ingrained social tradition of favoring boys over girls, and the popular usage of ultrasound scanning technology to find and abort female fetuses.
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Actor, HIV/AIDS Advocate Richard Gere Urges Sex Workers in India
SpiritIndia - New Delhi, India
Actor and HIV/AIDS advocate Richard Gere at an HIV/AIDS awareness event in Mumbai, India, urged thousands of commercial sex workers to refuse sex without condoms.
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Goan Priests Find Many Child Abuse Cases Happen in Their Own Homes
Indian Catholic - New Delhi, India, January 25, 2007
Two Catholic priests who work with children in Goa say about 45 percent of child-abuse cases they have encountered in the western Indian state involve abuse within the child's home.
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The Band With a Little Something Extra
Bangkokpost.com - Bangkok , Thailand , January 24, 2007
For the first time in Thailand , katoey performers have stepped down from the cabaret stage and entered the mainstream professional spotlight. Under the auspices of Sony BMG, Venus Flytrap are Thailand 's first, and for the time being only katoey band with a record deal.
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Trivialisation of Human Sexuality is a Perversion: Pope
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, January 24, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday deplored animated cartoons and video games intended for children that "exalt violence" or "trivialise human sexuality."
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Hong Kong: Gay Activists Condemn TV Show Ruling
Asia Pacific Media Network - Los Angeles, USA, January 24, 2007
According to gay groups and civil rights activists, the Broadcasting Authority's labelling of an RTHK television programme on gay marriage as unsuitable for family viewing hours had hindered civic education in Hong Kong.
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China Admits Gender Imbalance Problem Could Take 15 Years to Solve
LifeNews.com - USA, January 24, 2007
China currently has a male-female ratio of 119-100 while the number is closer to 103-100 in most industrialized nations. The skewed numbers are a result of China's family planning policies that allow couples to have just one child and have involved forced abortions and sterilizations to obtain compliance.
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World Social Forum: Long Fight for Justice for Homosexuals
Inter Press Service - Rome, Italy, January 23, 2007
Even with tens of thousands of activists at the World Social Forum denouncing injustices of all kinds, the issue of discrimination against homosexuals is making its voice heard amidst the din.
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Gender Identity Transformed from 'Freak' into Rights Issue
The Japan Times - Japan, January 23, 2007
Japan looks to respect rights of those with gender disorders, but even progress carries its own set of risks.
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Most Female Undergraduate Face Sex Discrimination
China Daily - China, January 22, 2007
As reported by the state media, as many as 70 per cent of female undergraduates on the mainland have encountered apparent sex discrimination as they struggle to grasp vacancies in the cutthroat employment market.
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Body Search
Delhi Newsline - Delhi, India, January 22, 2007
Umesh Bist, the filmmaker who seeks out biting reality, scoffs at moral codes with his latest documentary on a transsexual.
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New Controversial Novel Presents Queer Christ
Gospelherald.com - China, January 22, 2007
Recently released Jesus in Love is said to be the first novel ever published about a queer Christ. The controversial novel was written by a lesbian Christian who said she met the queer Christ.
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Comment: Looking at Polygyny and Polyandry
New Straits Times - Persekutuan, Malaysia, January 21, 2007
Sisters in Islam’s planned comprehensive survey on polygamy among Muslims in Malaysia raises hope that in the face of empirical data, mindsets will surely shift to allow for an objective review of polygamy laws.
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Working Class Raises HIV/AIDS Awareness
Viet Nam News - Hanoi, Vietnam, January 20, 2007
More than 25,000 workers in 93 enterprises across Viet Nam took part in the SMARTWork project, which aims to boost involvement of employers and their employees in HIV/AIDS prevention.
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Redouble Efforts in AIDS Battle
Nation Multimedia - Bangkok, Thailand, January 20,2007
For well over a decade, Thailand's campaign to contain the spread of HIV/Aids has been cited as one of the most successful in the world, and not without good reason.
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Transgender Community Searches for a New Identity
The Statesman - Kolkata, India, January 20, 2007
The Hijra community, also known in modern terminology as transgender or transsexual, has always lived an ostracised existence. They are now drawing from lessons in etiquette to enable them to reach out to a non-responsive society and find a new identity that is accepted.
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Dishonour and Death
Index on Censorship - UK, January 20, 2007
Killing women to redeem honour has no pedigree in India. These dishonourable killings leap across caste and creed: Hindu, Sikh and Muslim, are united in their agreement that avenging male honour entails killing one’s own women.
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Who's Watching Over the Moral Watchdogs?
Times of India - New Delhi, India, January 19, 2007
Banning a channel because of a single 'indecent' programme has raised questions on the soundness of the I&B Ministry's decision.
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Microsoft Campaign to Help Curb Child Sexual Abuse in the State
Hindu - Chennai, India, January 19,2007
Microsoft has teamed up with the Chennai-based NGO Tulir Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse to create greater awareness in society of online child sex abuse and to train law enforcement agencies on the technology to investigate online crimes against children.
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Teens on Marriage, Homosexuality and Pre-Marital Sex
TODAYonline - Singapore, January 18, 2007
About 800 young people, aged between 15 and 19, gave their views on various aspects of life in a study conducted over two months by students from Singapore Polytechnic (SP).
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Yunnan Province Orders Real Names to be Revealed in HIV/AIDS Tests
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China January 18, 2007
Yunnan Province, a region severely afflicted by HIV/AIDS in China's southwest, has ordered people to provide their real names when taking HIV/AIDS tests.
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Johns Hopkins Offers Course on Mail-Order Brides
Philippine News Online - Philippines, January 17, 2007
The prestigious Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore is offering a course on Filipina mail-order brides, calling it a “serious course” that would help explain the stereotyping of Filipino women.
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Gender Bender Has Groom in Trouble
Financial Express - Bombay, India, January 17, 2007
The marriage of two Malay Muslims has run into trouble after a local Islamic court began a probe into the nuptials following doubts raised over the groom’s gender by the religious affairs department.
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Vietnam IT Trainer 'Bullied by Taunts of Lady Boy' at City Firm
Leeds Today - UK, January 16, 2007
A Vietnamese IT trainer broke down at a tribunal after describing how 'bullying staff' at a Leeds firm nicknamed her 'lady boy'. The 34-year-old, who cannot be named, said the daily bullying over 11 months forced her back into bulimia and depression – which she had suffered for 13 years.
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Porn, Teen Sex and Gambling on the Rise
Nation Multimedia - Bangkok, Thailand, January 14, 2007
Young children and teenagers drink and smoke less but are more occupied in viewing pornography and gambling than a year ago, according to the latest research.
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Woman Should be Fulfilled in Sex
Andhra Cafe - Hyderabad, India, January 14, 2007
The fulfilment of women is at the heart of the experience of sex and the lines between sex and sensuality, as between social mores and individual desire, are indeed fine and must be understood deeply.
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Gay Groups Rally for Equal Employment Rights
China Post - Taipei, Taiwan, January 13, 2007
Bearing the signature rainbow flag, members of Taiwan's LGBT community and women's rights groups rallied yesterday at the entrance of the Legislative Yuan's Chun-hsian Building against job discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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India 360: Kamasutra, a Sex Manual?
CNN-IBN - New Delhi, India, January 13, 2007
In the land of Vatsayayana, the concept of Kama Sutra has always been a big rage despite sex still being a taboo topic in many parts of the country.
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Syphilis Rapidly on the Rise in China
The Advocate - Los Angeles, USA, January 13, 2007
With the reemergence of sex work, changing sexual practices, inadequate access to health care, and the poor quality and expense of health services are to blame for the resurgence.
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Sex Practice Changes in China Lead to Jump in Syphilis Cases
Bloomberg - USA, January 12, 2007
Syphilis is spreading at a faster rate in China as sexual practices change and prostitution re- emerges, a national surveillance program found.
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Ex-Prime Minister Claims Gays Should Not Rule Muslim Malaysia
New York Blade - New York, USA, January 12, 2007
Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, was sued for $28.5 million in 2005 for accusing his former deputy of engaging in sodomy. He retired in 2003 after 22 years in power.
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Report in China Points to Huge Gender Imbalance in Population
York Dispatch - York, USA, January 12, 2007
China will have 30 million more men of marriageable age than women in less than 15 years as a gender imbalance resulting from the country's tough one-child policy becomes more pronounced, state media reported today.
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Completely Out of the Closet- An Interview
Phayul - Tibet, January 11, 2007
The subject of homosexuality definitely remains a taboo in our society like in many countries.
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Kama Sutra Gets a Spirituality Touch
Moneycontrol.com - Mumbai, India, January 11, 2007
Deepak Chopra is a name synonymous with spirituality in the West, and now he's back home to promote his own version of that trove of Indian exotica, the Kama Sutra. Chopra easily fills in the blanks between sex and spirituality.
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Oriented sexuality: Curse of the Golden Flower and The Painted Veil
The Independent Weekly - Durham, USA, January 10, 2007
Curse of the Golden Flower, a lavish film that combines Zhang's skill for intricate storytelling with his eye for visual bravado. Another literary saga set in China and featuring an adulterous wife forms the backdrop for The Painted Veil.
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Sex Workers Meet in Mumbai to Discuss AIDS
Mangalorean.com - Mangalore, India, January 10, 2007
Giving a fillip to the fight against AIDS, about 10,000 commercial sex workers from Mumbai and Pune will meet here Wednesday to relate their experiences and highlight their contribution to spreading awareness about the disease.
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CBI Begins Probe of Noida Murders
NDTV.com - New Delhi, India, January 10, 2007
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered 19 cases in the serial killings in Noida. The government of India has issued notification, there are 19 cases and separate teams to investigate them.
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Survey: 6.2% Middle School Students Has Sex
China Daily - China, January 10, 2007
As cited in the Beijing Morning Post, according to the results of a survey, some 6.2 per cent of senior middle school students in Beijing admitted they have had sex.
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Scope Widened to Lobby for Rights, says Sundh
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu, Nepal, January 9, 2007
The voice of LGBT people are often among the most marginalised in society due to deep seated norms, prejudice and discrimination, which has often led to profound social exclusion.
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PIL in SC Urges Special Task Force to Trace Missing Kids
Times of India - New Delhi, India, January 9, 2007
In the wake of Nithari serial killings, an 86-year-old Delhiite, moved the Supreme Court demanding setting up of a national police taskforce to trace 45,000 children who go missing every year.
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Men May Soon Lose Age-Old Edge
Manila Standard Today - Manila, Philippines, January 8, 2007
Under the Revised Penal Code, Article 333 which defines the crime of adultery, any married woman who shall have sexual intercourse with a man not her husband, even if it is only one isolated instance, shall be criminally prosecuted and penalized. The man who has sexual relations with her, knowing her to be married, shall likewise be criminally liable.
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Whose Life is it Anyway?
Times of India - New Delhi, India, January 8, 2007
A Bangalore-based organisation is making students sign sexual abstinence bonds.
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Rare Indian Turtles Sold as Sex Stimulant Rescued
Reuters.uk - UK, January 8, 2007
According to the police, about 2,000 rare freshwater turtles, whose meat is sold as an aphrodisiac on the black market, were rescued from poachers in a north Indian town on Monday after a tip-off from a resident.
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NH 28: Death Zone for Sex Workers
Hindustan Times - New Delhi, India, January 7, 2007
Development has come at a cost for sex workers active along National Highway number 28 near UP and Bihar.
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What Women Want
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta, India, January 7, 2007
In 2007, women want world peace, love, career, children, salary-hikes, family, power, money, world-domination, equality and difference, and not necessarily in that order.
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58% Girls Have Unprotected, Unplanned Sex
Times of India - New Delhi, India, January 6, 2007
The findings based on FOGSI's two-day 'Let's Talk' campaign among college girls - reveals that among sexually active girls, the first intercourse of some 58% is unplanned and hence unprotected.
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Banned Dancers Seek Revenge at the Polls
Telegraph.co.uk - London, UK, January 6, 2007
Former bar dancers in Mumbai decided yesterday to take their talents into politics.
They are to contest city council elections in an attempt to reverse a two-year ban that has deprived 75,000 women of their livelihood.
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Paedophile Serial Killers End Nithari's Innocence
Hindustan Times - New Delhi, India, January 6, 2007
The skeletons that came bursting out of the Noida drain tell only half the story.
In 2005, 4,026 children cases of child rape were recorded across the country and this is only the official figure.
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Officers and Gentlemen?
Hindustan Times - New Delhi, India, January 6, 2007
The recent case involving two army officers accused of molesting women may be a consequence of suppressed sexuality among men in uniform.
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New Law for Protecting Child Rights
Hindustan Times - New Delhi, India, January 5, 2007
To accord legal force to child rights, the ministry has sent for the Cabinet’s approval the Offences Against Children Bill (2007). It will come up for discussion later this month and will lay down the rights of the child at home and in school.
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Young, Pregnant and Alone in HK
China Daily - China, January 5, 2007
A survey carried out by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (FYG) in November showed that half of the 105 respondents aged between 13 and 20 had had sex before the age of 16.
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Prince's Coming Out Creates Stir in India
Canton Repository - Canton, USA, January 4, 2007
In the world's largest democracy, home to 1.1 billion people, sex between two people of the same gender remains a punishable offense.
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Nepal Gays Hit by Maoist Clean Up Drive
CNN-IBN - New Delhi, India, January 4, 2007
After being persecuted by King Gyanendra's regime and the new multi-party government, Nepal's homosexual community is now at the receiving end of a society clean up drive launched by Maoists.
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China's Xinjiang Region Promotes Condom Use at All Entertainment Venues
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China, January 3, 2007
Health authorities in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will promote the use of condoms at all entertainment venues this year amid efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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Sex Change Operations No Longer Uncommon
Times of India - India, January 3, 2007
Sex-change surgeries, say leading doctors, in Delhi are not so uncommon these days. A bulk of them are for a medical condition called gender identity disorder (GID), where a person is born with the sexual characteristics of one sex but "feels" like the other.
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Women at Greater Risk of Contracting HIV in India
Hindu - Chennai, India, January 2, 2007
According to a UNICEF report, Women in India find themselves increasingly at the risk of catching HIV because very few of their male counterparts have knowledge about AIDS.
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Body Double
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India, January 1, 2007
A book titled Sex Kya Hai and grandma’s inputs helped The Vagina Monologues find its voice in Hindi.
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