Being
gay in China or Tibet
Before
Communist China occupied it in 1948, Tibet was a
theocracy, ruled by a monastic hierarchy, whose
population growth tended to be low, given the high
proportion of celibate Buddhist monks and nuns in the
mountainous Himalayan nation.
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Being gay in South Korea
Like
neighbouring China and Japan, South Korea doesn't
criminalise male homosexuality, but nor does it have
antidiscrimination laws that cover gay men, lesbians or
members of the transgender community. In addition,
military service discrimination and discriminatory
censorship of LGBT publications is also a problem.
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'Sisters Plus' aids Angeles sex workers
Apple strode in, wearing a blouse printed
with Disney cartoon characters. Angel came like she was
ready for a volleyball match, while Naomi looked every
bit a fashion model bound for the ramp.
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Thai surgeons reject cosmetic castration ban
Thailand's plastic surgery clinics have
vowed to defy a recent government ban on performing
castrations, saying they will continue to offer sex
change operations in the country famous for its
"ladyboys". 20-8-2008
Mumbai bank offers sex workers hope
Sita has been staying for over 30 years
in Mumbai's red-light district of Kamathipura, resigned
not only to her own fate but that of her daughter's too.
"But," she says, "if I can do something for my
grandchild, maybe it's still worth it".
20-8-2008
Pluralistic rabbis: In same-sex wedding, both can break glass
In a solution to a
decidedly postmodern Jewish dilemma, a group of
pluralistic, secular rabbis ruled this week that when
standing under the huppa in a same-sex marriage
ceremony, both partners can be given the honor of
"breaking the glass".
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Seoul: Death penalty sought for sex crimes against kids
People who commit
sexual assaults against children under 13 and kill them
will likely face the death penalty or life imprisonment.
At a Cabinet meeting recently, the Ministry of Justice
said it would instruct the prosecution to stiffen
punishment on sex offenders against children or young
students through revisions of the law.
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Sex workers in Gujarat village say no to flesh trade
A silent revolution is
sweeping through the dusty terrain of this village,
barely 70 km from the India-Pakistan border in
Banaskantha district. More than 80% of the women here
are saying no to their age-old family tradition - flesh
trade. 20-8-2008
'Love shot' can be sexual harassment: South Korean court
South Korea's "love
shot" drinking ritual amounts to sexual harassment if
the woman in question is unwilling to take part, the
country's top court ruled recently.
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Japan to outlaw possession of child porn
Japan is to bow to international pressure
and ban the possession of child pornography, although
the new law is expected to anger child welfare groups by
exempting manga comics and animated films.
20-8-2008
10 Mumbai bar girls held for nude dances in Delhi
Suresh Kumar, who
organised nude dance shows for his customers in the
capital for seven months, ran out of his luck when the
police arrested 10 semi-nude bar dancers and nine of his
clients from a hotel, officials said recently.
20-8-2008
Pakistani arrested over Hong Kong sex murders
Police said they arrested a Pakistani man
early Tuesday in connection with the murders of four
Hong Kong sex workers. Four women have been found
murdered in the southern Chinese city recently,
prompting fears that a serial killer was targeting
prostitutes. 20-8-2008
UAE: Selling immigrants into sex slavery
She came all the way from Eastern Europe
to treat her daughter's asthma. Instead, once in Dubai,
the 27-year-old Moldavian woman found out that she was
lured into the city to literally be sold as a sex slave.
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Tehran Police Chief caught in bed with 6 hookers
Tehran's police chief, Reza Zarei, has
been arrested after he was found nude in a local brothel
with six naked prostitutes, according to report on the
Iranian Farda News. 20-8-2008
Gay teenager faces return to Iran after Dutch ruling
A gay teenager who
claims he faces the death penalty in Iran after his
boyfriend was executed there two years ago has spoken of
his anger and disappointment at losing his legal battle
against deportation.
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