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Mental and Physical Changes in Teens Needs Parents Understanding
Times of India – Kanpur, 7/31/2009
What conclusions can be drawn about a society where the parents don`t want to talk about sex education while the teens are already updated about the same in a wrong way? As the world gears up for the Teenage Day on August 1, parents and teenagers are unaware of the relevance of the day.
Opinion: Michael Tan - Organized groups of Filipino gay men and lesbians have existed for several decades now but mainly for social activities. In the 1990s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic catalyzed the emergence of LGBT groups with a more political agenda, as gay activists argued that men and women were getting infected and dying because social discrimination.
China performs more abortions than any other country in the world, about 13 million a year, mostly for young single women who aren`t using contraception. One expert says the figures show many Chinese now consider the cheap, widely available procedure an acceptable form of birth control.
Chinese Lesbians Petition for Right to Donate Blood
AFP – Beijing, 7/29/2009
Chinese lesbians are signing onto an online petition asking for the right to donate blood, which is denied them by a society worried about AIDS, state media said Tuesday.
Opinion: Sanjay Srivastava - Discussions of sexuality in India invariably centre on India’s ‘ancient’ past where public expressions of sexuality were not taboo. This is the Kama Sutra narrative that is a product of colonial history, nationalist aspirations and European theorising about a ‘free-flowing’ Orient that was different from a ‘repressed’ Occident.