Sex workers fight for rights at Kolkata conclave
July 25th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) A demand for a fight for their rights and safe sex practices Tuesday marked the ongoing global Sex Workers Freedom Festival in Kolkata, where around 550 ... Read more...
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NGO plans gender sensitisation project in schools
January 19th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) In a programme to combat discrimination against women, NGO CARE India Thursday announced its project to reach out to over a million school and college ... Read more...
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Cher admires son Chaz’s courage
May 2nd, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 2 (IANS) Singer Cher admires her son Chaz, who legally changed his gender.The 64-year-old held a small screening of a documentary "Becoming Chaz" at her Malibu home ... Read more...
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Farooq Abdullah fears Indians will become gays due to declining sex ratio
April 13th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): Showing a matter of concern towards India's sex ratio, Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah today said 'we will all become gays'.Addressing the India Water ... Read more...
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Declining sex ratio means we’ll all become gays: Farooq
April 13th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Concerned over the latest census figures showing a decline in sex ratio, cabinet minister Farooq Abdullah says that the day is not far when there ... Read more...
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Suicide risk greater for those living at higher altitudes
January 14th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): A 20-year analysis of mortality data from counties across the United States has found that living at higher altitudes may be a risk factor for suicide.The study was ... Read more...
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Dog ‘Saira’ has sex change
December 21st, 2010 - 1:49 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Vets have performed a landmark sex change procedure in a hermaphrodite dog to turn it into female.The canine was initially thought to be female by its owners ... Read more...
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Male spiders prefer virginity to size
October 31st, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 31 (ANI): A new study has revealed that male spiders that get to have sex only once or twice in their lives are far more interested in a female spider's ... Read more...
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Male sex slave ring busted in Spain
September 1st, 2010 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Sep 1 (IANS/EFE) Police in Spain have busted a ring engaged in sexually exploiting men recruited from Brazil and forced to work round the clock under death threats.
A total of 64 ... Read more...
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Men More Evolved? Not Really. Its The Y Chromosome
January 14th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) No matter how backward or even primitive women may consider their opposite sex, a recent study has hinted that they might be losing their chance soon ... Read more...
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Sex-bot debuts at porn industry confab (Lead)
January 12th, 2010 - 4:58 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Jan 12 (DPA) High technology has come to the glamorous world of sex dolls. A company called True Companion said Monday that it has debuted the world's first sex robot, ... Read more...
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Sex-bot debuts at porn industry confab
January 12th, 2010 - 3:53 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Jan 12 (DPA) High technology has come to the glamorous world of sex dolls.
A company called Perfect Companion said Monday that it has debuted the world's first sex robot, named ... Read more...
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Sex workers, transgenders run restaurant for HIV+ people and fight social stigma
December 26th, 2009 - 9:37 pm ICT by ANI
By Jaipal SharmaMysore, Dec.26 (ANI): Sex workers and transgenders in Mysore city of Karnataka are running a restaurant and serve traditional south Indian food to guests as a way of raising funds ... Read more...
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Star Trek’s Mr Spock was designed to be a sex symbol
July 15th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 15 (ANI): The legendary character of Mr Spock in 'Star Trek' was originally conceptualised to become a sex symbol, revealed a newly-discovered letter from the cult TV show's creator.In ... Read more...
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Gays to take out celebration rally in Lucknow
July 4th, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) Homosexuals in the Uttar Pradesh capital are planning to take out a rally to celebrate the Delhi High Court order de-criminalising gay sex, the organisers of the event ... Read more...
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Drugs for male sex disorders could work for female problems
April 17th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 17 (IANS) Drugs that help men in overcoming sexual disorders may also address some forms of female sexual dysfunction (FSD).
Researchers are trying to understand how and why FSD occurs ... Read more...
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Play on social rights theme toast of youth festival
February 16th, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The play opened with the theme of vulnerabilities and the situation was that of a truck driver negotiating with a sex worker, but on one condition - ... Read more...
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Don’t criminalise our clients, say sex workers
February 12th, 2009 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) A grouping of sex workers said Thursday that proposed changes in law that will treat clients as criminals will hit hard their earnings.
A spokesperson for Ashodaya, which ... Read more...
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