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Ladyboys at the Edinburgh Fringe
It is a
dilemma that the Ladyboys of Bangkok face each
year when they perform at the Edinburgh Fringe.
They only have a ladies and a gents toilet and
the performers do not feel that either is quite
for them.
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Shanghai University to offer gay studies
A university in Shanghai is offering
China's first class on homosexuality and gay culture and
several hundred students have applied for the 100
openings, a professor in charge of the course said
Tuesday. 17-8-2005
India: The road to ruin
Auntie Noorie, a middle-aged eunuch from
the hijra transgender community of Chennai - the huge
south Indian port-city - is in great demand. For the
loneliest of India's lonely hearts, there's no better
matchmaker. 17-8-2005
Asian neighbors not amused by Japan's selective memory
This week, as it
solemnly marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World
War II, Japan is - once again - demonstrating a greater
capacity to forget than to remember. And in doing so, it
is promising to generate further conflict with its Asian
neighbors, especially China and the two Koreas.
17-8-2005
Bush hurts women when he nixes funds for UN
As she waits for
word on whether President Bush will fund the UN
Population Fund this year, Pat Orvis lays out her
reasons for the United States to make good on all its UN
obligations. The arrears, she says, cost women their
health and their lives.
17-8-2005
Foreign wives to get legal aid in Korea
Permanent residency status will be given
to foreigners who have divorced their Korean husbands
from next month if they have stayed for more than two
years in the country, officials said Tuesday.
17-8-2005
Bluetooth helps Saudis break taboos
The restaurant, like all Riyadh eateries,
has taken precautions to prevent its male and female
diners from seeing or contacting each other.Circular
white walls surround each table in the family section,
open only to women alone or women accompanied by close
male relatives. Other male diners are on lower floors.
16-8-2005
The first-ever Mr Afghanistan
Khosraw Basheri feverishly pumped iron
for years, toning his body so it rippled with muscle and
veins. His hard work paid off when he claimed a historic
title in his war-battered country - Mr Afghanistan.
16-8-2005
India's match making: Made in heaven or sex-driven?
As demure
25-year-old Nisha walked into the room under the
scrutinising gaze of strangers, little did she suspect
that this arranged marriage proposal would result in
much trauma a few months later.
16-8-2005
Turkey: Porn cinema comes to an end
Perhaps the world's only porn cinema to
be located in a former parliamentary meeting place is to
be closed down in the southern Turkey city of Antakya,
reports said on Saturday.
16-8-2005
Philippines: Child abuse rising but victims afraid to report
Cases of child
molestation caused by the rampant selling of
pornographic video and reading materials could be on the
rise, but authorities have no way of checking, because
the victims do not complain to them.
16-8-2005
Over 100 groups urge Bush to enforce anti-prostitution policies
In a joint
letter to President Bush, over 100 women's, health and
policy organizations have urged him to protect victims
of human trafficking and "stand firm on legislation and
policies that require groups receiving certain federal
grants to provide written assurance that they oppose
prostitution."
16-8-2005
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