Blue
and yellow movies give way to pink The first Asian Lesbian Film and
Video Festival (ALFF) is set to give rise to a
new wave of homosexual movies at Spot -- Taipei
Film House from Friday through Wednesday.
6-8-2005
East
of Eden Orgies, whippings and some tender
moments at "happening bar" in
Japan
Brides of Islam It was a tense time
for staff at the Australian embassy in Lebanon. A
14-year-old girl had shown up on the doorstep alone,
with her suitcases. Through tears, she said she wanted
to return home to Australia to her mother, after
effectively being imprisoned at the home of her new
husband's family. 6-8-2005
Comfort women may forgive but not forget For a decade now , Song Shin Do, 84, the
only Korean former comfort woman who lives in Japan, has
refused monetary compensation but fought bitterly for an
apology from the Japanese government, taking every
defeat handed down at the courts with a poignant
stoicism that has won her grudging admiration.
6-8-2005
Japan recruits romantic otaku geeks to revive economy Innocent
love, Mainichi claims, could restore Japan's economy to
the heights it reached until coming to a grinding halt
in the 1990s. Japan's "pure love" boom has stirred up
the murky marketplace like little else to have come onto
the horizon in recent years, with the promise of
trillions of yen. 6-8-2005
China: Mother sells teen girl's virginity for 10,000 yuan Prosecutors in
Shanghai have charged the owner of a small beauty parlor
in Jiangsu Province with selling her daughter's
virginity and then forcing the 17-year-old girl to have
sex with the businessman who paid to deflower her.
6-8-2005
Mobile porn craze in Cambodia A teenage craze for sending doctored
naked images of female celebrities to each other by
mobile phones has led to a demand by a Cambodian
minister for government action against pornography.
6-8-2005
Condom vending machines increasing sexual assaults on women? The recent
publication of the UN report shows staggering figures on
the spread of AIDS and HIV world wide, which also
included India. The Indian Government thought it was
taking a very positive step by installing 'Anytime
Condom'. 6-8-2005
Student expelled for sharing bed with girlfriend sues A 19-year-old
student who was expelled from Shanghai University in
April after teachers found his girlfriend had spent the
night in his dorm hired a lawyer yesterday, who will
demand the university reinstate Zhu Bin or issue a
letter allowing him to transfer to a different school.
3-8-2005
India: Raped by cops, disowned by parents Sexually assaulted by those supposed to
uphold the law, this 16-year-old's now been left in the
lurch by those who she believed would stand by her - her
family. And just like the stain on khaki can't be washed
away, neither can her family's callous attitude.
3-8-2005
Chinese Expo of sex toys draws a crowd Prudes beware, the Shanghai International
Exhibition Center should be avoided this week by anyone
offended by sex toys, flavored condoms or a little
naughty lingerie. 2-8-2005
Indonesian child sex workers taught self-worth "I am free." Onie, a 16-year old girl in
bootcut jeans and a tight red T-shirt, writes the
life-changing words on a piece of paper. A piece of
paper that also tells her life's story.
2-8-2005
Escaping Pakistan "Wake up,
it's time," my mom said, "Be very quiet." My hands
trembled as I dressed in the dark, putting on the one
pair of jeans I owned. It felt odd after so many years
of wearing the traditional Pakistani shalwar kameez. My
sister looked at me bewildered, still half-asleep.
"What's going on?". 2-8-2005
