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Recognising True Heroes
Express Buzz , 12/31/2009
Chennai has truly emerged a frontrunner in championing and accepting the LGBT communities. Chennai Pride march held along the waters of the Marina for the first time witnessed a swell of support for the communities that have for years been marginalized and meted out with prejudice.
China has said it will ban mandatory hepatitis B tests for employees joining companies and students enrolling in schools in an effort to stamp out discrimination against the nation`s millions of carriers.
Opinion: Shuma Raha - The modern world, and that includes India, has also struggled to determine its response to prostitution — should we regulate it, should we try and stamp it out, or should we, in fact, allow it to thrive unfettered?
Restaurant for HIV+ People and Fight Social Stigma Run by Sex Workers
MedIndia, 12/27/2009
A restaurant that serves traditional south Indian food to guests is being run by sex workers and transgenders in Mysore city of Karnataka. This is a way of raising funds for HIV positive people and fighting social stigma.