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Fake
priests in demand in Japan
White
Weddings: With Western-style weddings now the
most popular choice, Japanese couples are paying
for foreign men to stand in as 'priests'. In
Japan, where a love affair with Western "white
weddings" is leading to a collapse in Shinto
ceremonies, a new figure is taking over the
altar: the gaijin, or foreign, "pastor." 9-7-2005 |
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Sex
voucher for Japanese soldiers found in China
A tiny little
piece of paper, found in a village in North China's
Hebei Province, would be hard evidence rebutting
Japanese government's claim of the absence of sex slaves
during World War II. 9-7-2005
Taking a second look at gay and lesbian studies in Asia
A moment in
February 2003 helped define what Indonesia's sexual
minorities are up against: academies that are against
opening their doors to serious examination of that
Muslim country's culture of gays, lesbians and
transgender people. 9-7-2005
Meet on Asian gay communities begins
Transsexual movie actors and anti-gay
discrimination were among the topics on the agenda in
Bangkok on Thursday at the opening of the first-ever
international conference on Asia's gay, lesbian and
transgender communities.
9-7-2005
Delhi youth high on booze and sex: Report
A recently conducted research among youth
of Bhopal and New Delhi has brought to light their
awareness on issues of sexuality and sexual health and
has revealed that steps need to be taken to bridge the
existing knowledge gap.
9-7-2005
Drag Queen underworld in China soliciting tolerance
Compared to our Southeast Asian
neighbors, she-males and flamboyant drag queens are a
rarity in China. Though this month, you may see them on
film and with footage that challenges the mainstream
acceptance of China's attitude on transvestites and
homosexuality. 8-7-2005
Finding 'suitable' spouse gets difficult in China
During her visit home for Chinese
New Year, Gan Xiaoge's parents lined up five suitors for
her, hoping the migrant worker, already considered an
old maid in her village, would finally get married. 8-7-2005
Iraq: Acid attacks on "immodest" women on the rise
For Sumeya Abdullah, a 34-year-old
primary school teacher in the capital Baghdad, life will
never be the same again. In late June she had her legs
burned by corrosive acid in a street attack because, she
believes, she was not wearing her veil and the
traditional 'abaya' covering common in many Middle
Eastern countries. 8-7-2005
Sex education lagging and ineffective in Malaysia
Rhetoric and 'dramatic' steps are
no solutions to a problem. When Prime Minister Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi recently announced that 'sex focused'
articles, questions and answer columns and
advertisements featured in the print media were
prohibited, one wonders what is the real rationale
behind this order. 8-7-2005
Sex and money still mark student gender divide in Korea
When university students hook up,
the men tend to worry about money and the women about
different attitudes to sex, a survey suggests. 8-7-2005
Smiles replace anxiety for Pakistani rape victim
Mukhtar Mai looked anxious when she
came to the Supreme Court in Islamabad on Monday,
accompanied by her lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan and friend Naseem
Akhtar. 8-7-2005
New Pakistan rape suspects held
Police in Pakistan
say that they have arrested five men for a suspected
revenge gang-rape of a married woman. The men allegedly
kidnapped and raped the woman because of an affair one
of her relatives was said to have had with a sister of
one of the suspects. 8-7-2005
$45 billion needed to fight HIV/AIDS
With prevention the
ultimate solution, the world's richest nations must come
up with $45 billion (4.950 trillion yen) to win the
battle against AIDS, says the director of HIV/AIDS at
the United Nations World Health Organization. 8-7-2005
Japanese college-girl pros get happy campers pitching tents - in their shorts
Masami Nemoto, 21, is a college
junior who enjoys two things: nature and sex. Well,
actually there's a third things she also likes: money.
So on weekdays when recreational campsites are normally
unsupervised by park rangers and private guards, Masami
and a girlfriend pitch their tent, unfold a couple of
chairs and then start make their male companions happy
campers indeed. 6-7-2005
Japan tries to make condoms fun
With bare-skinned porn stars
providing a negative example, Japan is trying new tricks
to get men to put on condoms, making rubbers that are
thinner, thicker or glow in the dark. A regional
conference here on AIDS has largely focused on how to
promote condom use in developing and conservative
societies. 6-7-2005
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