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Gender, Self-Definition and the Law
Manila Standard Today – Philippines, 3/31/2008
Is one immutably male, irreversibly female? In October, last year, the Supreme Court addressed this intriguing issue in Silverio v. Republic. Silverio’s “Certificate of Live Birth” identified him as ‘male’.
The following update from Beijing-based AIDS activist Wan Yanhai is currently being circulated among gay and other AIDS-related online groups on the mainland.
Chinese police have arrested a teacher linked to the rape and sexual assault of 16 schoolgirls, more than a year after he went on the run, a local newspaper reported.
Sex Workers in Gujarat Village Say No to Flesh Trade
Economic Times - Gurgaon, India, 3/31/2008
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.