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Quilts of Love
Tehelka - New Delhi, India, 6/29/2009
Despite the greater visibility of homosexuality in the media, societal attitudes have hardly budged. For women who love women, the alarm factor is higher because they are ‘women’, the supposed repositories of honour and shame.
United Press International, Asia - Hong Kong, 6/29/2009
Child pornography is both a domestic and international problem. The Philippines’ first case of child pornography was reported in the late 1960s. Since then, there have been many sensational cases of child pornography in the country, indicating the continuing victimization of Filipino children.
Indian Faith Leaders Against: Anti – Gay Law Must Stay
CNN.com/asia – New Delhi, 6/29/2009
Religious groups in India have warned they will oppose any move to legalize homosexuality as the federal government prepares to hold talks on a law that classifies same-sex acts as crimes.
The Indian government is considering rewriting a law drafted more than 100 years ago that criminalises homosexuality. The news emerged as the capital, Delhi, held its second gay rights march yesterday and other cities across the nation played host to similar parades.