I think this is awesome! I wish more nations would implement similar measures, both towards transgender empowerment and the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Transgender People Spread HIV Prevention Messages Among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in Cuba
Since the first festival last year, 18 transgender people have participated in training workshops to become health promoters [...]
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From 3/21/08:
An Agent, a Green Card, and a Demand for Sex
No one knows how widespread sexual blackmail is, but the case echoes other instances of sexual coercion that have surfaced in recent years, including agents criminally charged in Atlanta, Miami and Santa Ana, Calif. And it raises broader questions about the system’s vulnerability to corruption [...]
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8 and 9 year-old boys arrested in rape of 11-year old girl
ACWORTH, Ga. — Police say they’ve arrested three young boys on charges they kidnapped and raped an 11-year-old girl in the woods near an Acworth apartment complex.Police say the boys — who are 8 and 9 years old — are in a Cobb County [...]
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Posted in Hypocrisy, Media, Multiple Sclerosis, Sex, tagged Amanda Brooks, Blogs, Children, CNN, Condoms, Minister, Pedophile, Stripper, Suicide, SWOP East, Violence on November 5, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Yes, I’m lame and read cnn.com for news each Monday morning, and most other days as well. It’s not that I don’t read other things, but moreso that I find the CNN homepage best for a wide mix of news. (Again, Amanda is keeping track of news that might be of interest to sex workers [...]
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Posted in Sex, tagged Cheerleader, CNN, Democracy Now, Genarlow Wilson, Georgia, Legal System, Quarterback, Race, Sex Offender on October 26, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Because this decision was handed down today, I’m having a little difficulty finding the most recent update; it’s a “Breaking News” item on cnn.com. If you search for information about this case, you will find plenty on the web. Here is an interview with the defendant’s mother from July 2007: 10 Years in Prison For [...]
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Posted in Music, Politics, Sex, tagged 307 Knox Records, Anti-Folk, CNN, Durham, Education System, Future Kings of Nowhere, Legal System, Sex Offender, Teachers on October 22, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been on vacation with the Future Kings in New York City for much of the past week. There are tales to tell, and the FKoN are doing a tour-blog here: fkon.blogspot.com
But that is not what prompts the first post of the week from me. The following piece of investigative journalism, courtesy of the Associated [...]
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I remember the day the Supreme Court handed down the ruling in Lawrence v. Texas. There were parties on the street in the West Village of New York City: Christopher Street was the place to be. I remember printing it out and reading it multiple times, almost salivating; it was a monumental day. Scalia’s dissent [...]
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Posted in Sex, Sex Work, Trafficking, prostitution, tagged Labor Rights, Migrant, Migrant Workers, Migration, Rescue Industry, Sex at the Margins, Sex Workers Rights, Susie Bright on October 11, 2007 | No Comments »
Susie Bright discusses Laura Agustin’s latest book, Sex at the Margins
The book, recent–and surprising–trafficking reports, and the concept of the “rescue industry” are all touched on here, along with an interview of the author herself.
If you’ve EVER read a story about trafficking, “immigration problems,” and felt like you didn’t know where to turn, this [...]
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Joint Chiefs chairman again says gay sex immoral
Since General Peter Pace, the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is Christian and was raised to view homosexuality as “counter to God’s law”, then that must be central to policy governing America’s military.
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New York State Declines Federal Funds for Abstinence-Only Sex Education Programs, Health Commissioner Says
“The Bush administration’s abstinence-only program is an example of a failed national health care policy directive,” [New York State health commissioner] Daines said, adding that the policy is “based on ideology rather than on sound scientific-based evidence that must be the cornerstone [...]
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