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1996-03-01 - Other choices - Three Homosexuals Tell Their Stories
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1996-12-01 - Homosexuals In Campus
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1996-12-08 - Manifesto of 1996 Chinese Tongzhi Conference
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1996-12-25 - "Equal Opportunities: A Study on Discrimination on The Ground of Sexual Orientation - A Consultative Paper"
Details: The Hong Kong Government Recently issued the long-awaited "Equal Opportunities: A Study on Discrimination on The Ground of Sexual Orientation - A Consultative Paper"
This site contains a number of relevant URLs relating to the current consultative documents, and legislative proposals, concerning equal opportunities in Hong Kong.
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1997-01-01 - Sexual Attitudes of Young People in Hong Kong
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1997-01-31 - ALL South China Morning Post listings have been removed from this server (amicably).
Details: Details available.
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1997-03-16 - Sexual Work and Its Public Policies in China
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1997-03-27 - Bar Raid in Guangzhou on 22 March, 1997
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1997-04-02 - Beijing Hotline Beeper
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1997-04-08 - "Post-Colonial Tongzhi" Serialized in Ming Pao
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1997-12-12 - East Palace, West Palace Film Benefit For UNITY Conference
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1997-12-13 - IN THE LIFE - Gay and Lesbian Television Coming to HK
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1997-12-19 - "Campus Rainbow" Weekly Queer Newsarticle
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1998-01-01 - Homosexual Life - Tungjih magazines few, far between
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1998-06-23 - HIV & Homosexuality In India
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1998-07-18 - Schools Shun AIDS Charity Flag Day
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1998-08-01 - ASIAWEEK - Gays in Asia
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1998-08-01 - HIV & AIDS in HK - Highest Number in 14 Years
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1998-08-01 - Support the Human Rights of Gays and Transvestites in Brazil
Details: (English) (Chinese)
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1998-08-01 - Tongzhi EQ Camp - 同志交流業~議主辦 - 香港同志EQ提升課程
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1998-08-06 - Roundtable Discussion On AIDS Research/Prevention And Tongzhi
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1998-09-20 - 1998香港同志電影及錄像節 - HK Queer Film/Video Festival 98
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1998-11-17 - The term Tongzhi, Cool and La in China Youth Daily (GB)
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1998-12-01 - Human Rights Report on Sexual Rights, 1998
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1999-02-08 - Funeral Homes Refuse AIDS Victims
Details: And an Editorial on Aids Awareness
Note: The old links stopped working, so you will need to go to their home page and search.
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1999-10-03 - Millenium HK Men's Calendar available
Details:
Fundraiser for AIDS Concern
[ Poster (66 kb) | Order Form (132 kb) ]
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1999-10-12 - Chinese Court Declares Homosexuality Abnormal
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1999-10-14 - Gay Brothel Pair Evade Charges in China
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1999-10-21 - Out In Indonesia
Details: From the weekly Three Dollar Bill column of Montreal's Hour online magazine.
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2000-01-22 - Gay play offers riveting perspective
Details: A newspaper review of "First Time Seventeen" performed by Jimmy's Style Branch 7 on 19 January at the Sheung Wan Civic Centre.
Note: The old link stopped working, so you will need to go to their home page and search.
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2000-01-22 - 同志刊物教師作教材
Details: An article in Chinese about 2 members of a Tongzhi/Gay/Lesbian/ groups for secondary school students passing out flyers in their schools, with reaction, etc.
The article link no longer works (http://www.mingpao.com/newspaper/20000122/gfa1h.htm) -Jan 2002
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2000-01-23 - Among Chinese, a Low-Key Gay Liberation (washingtonpost.com)
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2000-01-30 - Chinese language articles on HIV/AIDS can be found at Healthoo (中文)
Details: A scripted query of a searchable database - contains many links to Chinese language articles on AIDS.
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2000-02-02 - Three Dollar Bill
Details: Canada's nationally syndicated weekly queer-issues column Updated each Thursday.
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2000-02-15 - Consumer Council Press Release on Condoms in Hong Kong
Details: "Condoms get better in quality as latest test on 66 models shows fewer failures than in past 12 years."
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2000-02-27 - iTV Queer Fest 2000
Tel: 2888-1345
E-mail: chois2@netvigator.com
Contact Person: joycelyn
Details: iTV is having a Queer Fest which features Gay & Lesbian movies in March, 2000.
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2000-03-04 - HK phone company coy on "gay' advert
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2000-03-07 - Shifting Gears: China Takes Homosexuality Off List of Mental Illnesses
Details: An article at ABCNews.com
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2000-04-01 - First Media Award on Tongzhi Coverage / 第一屆同志議題報道獎
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2000-05-11 - Disgraceful reporting of Oriental Daily
Details: A posting to the Tongzhi2000 mailing list regarding a newspaper article from the Oriental Daily News.
This article is also available online at http://www.orientaldaily.com.hk/new/new_a22cnt.html, although that link could stop working soon.
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2000-05-11 - In Taiwan, Gay Life Has Zest
Details: A posting to the HKQueer mailing list regarding a newspaper article from the Los Angeles Times.
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2000-05-21 - Funds Dry Up For HK's Aids Hospice
Details: An article in the 21 May 2000 South China Morning Post. "After bidding farewell to its last two guests, Hong Kong's only hospice for Aids patients closed its doors earlier this month. Situated in a remote part of Tai Po, the Lookout served as a quiet sanctuary for the dying, but now the Society for Aids Care has run out of the money necessary to keep it running
The only hospice for Aids sufferers in Hong Kong is to close because of the success of 'cocktail therapy', which now allows many sufferers to lead normal lives."
The article is available on the SCMP's web site, but it will cost you HK$10 to read it online - so you might want to check with your local Library.
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2000-06-03 - Sri Lanka: Watchdog Rules in Favour of Anti-Lesbian Letter
Details: An article in the 3 June 2000 South China Morning Post (page 12, 'World' section). It starts: 'Sri Lanka's Press Council has ruled that Lesbianism is an "Act of sadism" and that a leter in a newspaper calling for convicted rapists to be unleashed on lesbians was published in the cmmunity's interest.' The article is available on the SCMP's web site for a few days - you will need to go through a free registration process to read it, and after a few days it will cost you HK$10 to read it online - so you might want to check with your local Library.
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2000-06-05 - Gay group seeks ruling on charity status
Details: South China Morning Post, June 5, 2000, NEWS; Pg. 3
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2000-06-05 - Gays struggle to find their place
Details: South China Morning Post, June 5, 2000, Pg. 18
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2000-06-24 - Young, Gay and Guilt-Ridden
Details: An article in the HK i-Mail newspaper (formerly HK Standard) on Hong Kong's Tongzhi students, focusing on three individuals.
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2000-06-25 - SAR 'sitting on Aids time bomb'
Details: An article in the 25 June 2000 South China Morning Post (page 3). It starts: 'CROSS-BORDER commercial sex and needle sharing among drug addicts have left Hong Kong sitting on a potential Aids time bomb, the territory's most comprehensive research into the disease has revealed.' The article is available on the SCMP's web site for a few days - you will need to go through a free registration process to read it, and after a few days it will cost you HK$10 to read it online - so you might want to check with your local Library.
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2000-07-08 - China Arrests 37 Homosexuals / 'China anti-vice drive nets 37 in gay brothel'
Details: An e-mail message quoting 2 news stories about the arrest of 37 homosexual men in Guangzhou, China in a vice crackdown.
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2000-07-11 - China's first AIDS, gay activist
Details: An article on Wan Yan Hai published Sunday, July 9, 2000, in the San Jose Mercury News. Written by DANIEL C. TSANG.
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2000-07-16 - Another chapter in sexual openness; Once hidden in back streets, Hong Kong's gay bookshops are now coming out in trendy locations
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2000-07-28 - Need Men Now! - 10 Hong Kong Hunks For 2001 Hong Kong Men Calendar
Details: "AIDS Concern needs volunteer models for the 2001 Hong Kong Men Calendar. This year's project will be shot by well-known photographer Hilda Hsu. The calendars are distributed localy and internationally and all proceeds from sales go to AIDS Concern. Those interested in flaunting their bodies for charity (hey, it's a good cause!) should contact Ms. Margaret Pang, 2898-4411, before 3rd August, 2000."
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2000-09-02 - HOMO PIX at Broadway Cinematheque
Address: Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Quare Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
Tel: 2529-3898
Cost: $35
Details: Sunday films in September, including Boys Don't Cry, Summer Vacation 1999, Like Grain of Sand, and Relax... It's Just Sex. You can see the flyer at http://sqzm14.ust.hk/images/homo-pix.gif
[6 October - removed main link since page now gone as the program has finished.]
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2000-09-02 - SCMP report on TCJM's Legco Election TaskForce - "Gay and Lesbian Drive Falls on Deaf Ears"
Details: An article fromthe South China Morning Post about the election efforts of the "Tongzhi Community Joint Meeting, an alliance of 15 gay groups.", along with a short response from Reggie Ho, TCJM spokesman.
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2000-09-02 - Taiwan Lesbian and gay pride festival
Details: Brief article from the Taiwan Times.
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2000-09-03 - 二千年立法業~.同志選薪~手冊
E-mail: hkten@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Hong Kong Ten Percent Club
Details: 由十分一業~製作的 "二 千 年 立 法 業~ . 同 志 選 薪~ 手 冊" 現已出版!
關心同志權益, 關心立法業~選薪~, 請將此網址Forword 給身邊朋友, 支持"親同志" 候選人, 發揮同志集體票力量!
香港十分一業~
Voting/election handbook, including information for those candidates in the 2000 Legislative Council elections who responded to a gay/lesbian/tongzhi survey.
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2000-09-03 - 許同志一個未來----同志,你業~怎樣投票?
Details: Some background on how some of the candidates spoke and voted on Equal Opportunities Bill (Sexual Orientation), which was voted down by a small margin. [in Chinese].
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2000-09-07 - Aids Show Cancelled Over Condom Display
Details: A posting to the HKQueer mailing list of an article from the SCMP, that "An exhibition to promote Aids awareness at Festival Walk shopping mall was cancelled at the last minute after managers of the complex objected to the public display of condoms."
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2000-09-07 - Gays and Lesbians Remain Invisible in Taiwan
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2000-09-27 - Sexual Problems in Gay Men Survey (SPIGS)
E-mail: spigs@sex-study.com
Details: Sexual Problems in Gay Men Survey or simply SPIGS, is a unique research project into the prevalence of sexual problems in gay men.he objective of this preliminary study is to determine the nature and severity of the sexual difficulties experienced by gay men, and how they affect gay sexuality and lives in general. We are asking ALL gay men who visit this web page to complete SPIGS.
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2000-10-06 - Painting the Town Pink
Details: An positive article on the "arrival" of gay tourism to Hong Kong - in the 6 October 2000 South China Morning Post.
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2000-10-09 - Interview with Samshasha, Hong Kong's First Gay Rights Activist and Author
Details: An interview "Conducted and presented by Mark McLelland" for the September 2000 issue of "Intersections" magazine, "a refereed electronic journal conceived as an interactive forum for new research and teaching in the area of Gender Studies in the Asian region [which] stems from Murdoch University's School of Asian Studies."
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2000-11-02 - In The Flesh - 2001 Hong Kong Men Calendar Launch Party
Tel: 2898-4411
Contact Person: Aids Concern (關懷愛滋)
Details: 7th November, 2000 at 7pm at Club 97
"Free calendars for those wo dare to bare!"
For those of you who are not in Hong Kong but would like to buy the calendar (in CD format and full size), please contact Margaret at (852) 2898-4411 or by email at marpang@netvigator.com.
Poster [26 kb]
ORDER FORM: [PDF] | [JPEG]
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2000-11-07 - 2001 Hong Kong Men Calendar Available - to benefit AIDS Concern
Tel: (852) 2898-4411
E-mail: marpang@netvigator.com
Contact Person: Margaret
Details: AIDS Concern's 2001 Hong Kong Men Calendar is now on sale
The calendar is available in both 'CD-sized' desktop format and as a larger wall calendar.
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2000-11-09 - 'Homosexuality is a Crime Worse Than Murder': Interview with Malaysia's morality police
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2000-11-11 - Mob Attacks Indonesia Gays
Details: A mob of 150 masked people wielding sticks and machetes attacked 500 gays and transvestites attending an AIDS awareness party at a resort near Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, Nov. 11.
At least 25 people were injured and the building was damaged.
Police said they had no clue who staged the assault. Local media has blamed "Moslems" and people wearing "Arab-style garments."
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2000-11-23 - Aids Workers Hit Out Over Cuts to Funding
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2000-11-27 - Poll Highlights Strong Bias Against Migrants And Gays
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2000-12-01 - 2001 AIDS BENEFIT PARTY
Tel: 2898-4411
E-mail: marpang@netvigator.com
Contact Person: AIDS Concern
Hours: 7pm - 6am -- A 3-stage party!
See the link above for more details!
Cost: $150 in advance, $220 at the door.
Details: Just wanted to invite you to our party to celebrate our 10th anniversary and raise funds. Please see attached flyer for details. Tickets will be available from Friday, 24 November at Antidote, Club 97, Oscars (Lan Kwai Fong,) Rice Bar, V13 Vodka Bar, & Zip. Ticket price includes coach transport between Central and Pink (Chai Wan.) Coach schedules will be displayed in the venues mentioned above.
Note: This is a 3-stage party, starting in Lan Kwai Fong, then moving by coach to PINK, with followups at Pink and other venues. See the link for more details!
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2000-12-07 - IGLHRC ACTION ALERT: Support Hong Kong Tongzhi Activists' Struggle for Anti-Discrimination Legislation
Details: A call for action to support a call for governmental legislative action in Hong Kong:
"The legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is considering how to combat discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The Hong Kong government has urged the legislative panel to continue educational measures to counter prejudice. However--under pressure from religious bodies (among others)--it has voiced its discomfort with actually enacting legislation to ban such discrimination...."
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2000-12-12 - Local Community Groups submissions to the Home Affairs Panel with regards to Discrimination on the Ground of Sexual Orientation
Details: Contains a list of submissions by the local GLB/Tongzhi groups to the Legislative Council's Home Affairs Panel with regards to Discrimination on the Ground of Sexual Orientation. Collected and prepared by Civil Rights for Sexual Diversities
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2000-12-13 - 'Majority Against Gay Rights Law'
Details: An article in the South China Morning Post.
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2000-12-13 - 太陽報「同志促性傾向歧視立法」
E-mail: doghood@sinaman.com
Contact Person: TOMMYjai
Details: An article from the HK Sun newspaper.
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2000-12-13 - 明報-「團體學者指政策歧視同志」
E-mail: doghood@sinaman.com
Contact Person: TOMMYjai
Details: An article from the Ming Pao newspaper.
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2000-12-13 - 蘋果日報「同志促立法反性傾向歧視」
E-mail: doghood@sinaman.com
Contact Person: TOMMYjai
Details: A article from Apple Daily.
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2000-12-13 - 請按「今日新聞」-「同志促性傾向歧視立法」
E-mail: doghood@sinaman.com
Contact Person: TOMMYjai
Details: A news article - in JPG image file format.
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2000-12-20 - 女同志不受限 平機業~表關注捐血遭拒男同志指歧視 / Tongzhi Rejected as Blood Donor
Details: An article on the ongoing rejection of all Gay men for blood donation. From Apple Daily
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2000-Excerpts from Raymond Yeung's exclusive interview for the Film Festival
Details: "Exclusive interview with Raymond Yeung (director of the short Yellow fever and curator of the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival)." From a Spring 2000 interview on the web site of the Tokyo International lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
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2001-01-01 - Cultural differences: Foreign politically active gays & local silent gays
Contact Person: Dick Lee
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2001-01-05 - Gay Chinese Businessman Must Apologize To Coworkers
Details: An Advocate.com article. "A 68-year-old gay Chinese businessman has been ordered to apologize to three of his male coworkers after he was found guilty of kissing and fondling them, Agence France-Presse reports. Wang Guang was also ordered by the court in the Hainan capital of Haikou to pay each of the men one yuan (12 cents) for their emotional stress. Wang Guang said he took the action with his coworkers because he thought they were gay as well. One of the three plaintiffs told the court that his pregnant wife divorced him and aborted the couple's child when she learned what happened between him and Wang Guang."
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2001-01-16 - Revealing the "Blood Wound" of the Spread of HIV AIDS in Henan Province
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2001-01-28 - One Take on a Taboo
Details: An article discussing the airing of a TV news program on homosexuality in China - and the cancellation of its rebroadcast.
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2001-01-30 - Chinese City is First to Enact Law on AIDS - Controversial Rules Set for Infected People, High-Risk Groups
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2001-02-05 - Some Are Less Equal Than Others
Details: A news article from the South China Morning Post.
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2001-02-06 - Gay Icon Chen - Story about GayStation Poll
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2001-03-03 - Hong Kong [Gay bokstore owner] detained in China an unlikely candidate for spying
Details: From the HKQueer mailing list and HK's iMail newspaper.
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2001-03-08 - Mainland decides homosexuality no longer mental illness
Details: A brief article on the Chinese Psychiatric Association's decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses in a new diagnostic manual due out this year.
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2001-03-12 - Thai People Asia's Most Gay-Friendly
Details: An article in the Bangkok Post reporting on the results of a "survey on sexual mores [which] showed Thais like to be spanked and are the most gay-friendly people in Asia."
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2001-03-13 - Short Takes: Five Degrees of Sexual Ambiguity
Details: Subtitle: The HK Gay & Lesbian Festival showcases increasingly experimental movies from the region.
An article in Time Asia on this year's Hong Kong Gay & Lesbian Film and Video Festival.
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2001-03-16 - China lawmakers urge life imprisonment for spreading AIDS
Details: Two brief articles on the proposed crimilization of AIDS transmission in China, including possible life imprisonment.
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2001-04-15 - Body of Gay Bookstore Owner Found in Shenzhen
Details: An article on the top of the front page of the 15 April 2001 Sunday Morning Post says "Bosy confirmed as missing activist's", and starts,
A cross-border murder unt was launched yesterday after a charred corpse found outside a Shenzhen hospital was confirmed to be that of missing Hong Kong democratic activist and bookstore owner Leung Wah. The confirmation comes almost five months after mainland police found the body, and three months after Leung, 44, was reported missing to Hong Kong Police."
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2001-05-11 - Gays Protest Over 'Biased' Red Cross Form
Details: Excerpts from an article in the 7 May 2001 South China Morning Post
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2001-06-08 - "Boycott PP & Works Weekend"
Details: A posting from the gayhk.com "Toilet Wall", where A group of people on BBS of gayhk.com is organizing a boycott action against PP and Works this weekend. There have been opinions that the two popular gay spots (owned by the same company), besides being majorly overpriced, contribute very little back to the tongzhi community even though they're probably the most lucrative gay businesses.
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2001-06-16 - Japan - Mandate of Proposed National Human Rights Commission Embraces Rights Based on Sexual Orientation
Details: "The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, in solidarity with the Japan Association for the Lesbian and Gay Movement (OCCUR), congratulates the Council for Human Rights Promotion of the Japanese Justice Ministry for its explicit inclusion of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation within the mandate of the proposed national human rights commission. This important decision, announced in the final report of the Council on May 25, marks the first public recognition of LGBT rights as human rights at the national level in Japan."
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2001-07-31 - Growth of Web in China helping to lift the lid on gay relationships
Details: An article posting to the HK10News discussion group.
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2001-08-13 - Sex Shop Party Raided (Fetish Fashion)
Details: "Fetish Fashion in Cochrane Street, Central, was raided on Saturday as a play party featuring `Mistress Jesika', was being held. Among those arrested was proprietress Brenda Scofield."
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2001-08-16 - URGENT and IMPORTANT!! Please send an email to Hong Kong's Legislative Council supporting tongzhi rights by Aug 20, 2001
Details: "Please read the e-mail from Chung To regarding a public hearing this Monday regarding the need (or not) for anti-discrimination legislation on the basis of sexual orientation.
Send an e-mail to the Hong Kong Legislative Council *RIGHT NOW*!..."
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2001-08-20 - HK Police Arrest Five Gay Rights Activists for Disorderly Conduct
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2001-08-21 - Gays and Conservatives Clash on Anti-Bias Law
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2001-08-29 - GayStation.com.hk is NOT run by Hutchison
Details: Someone is spreading a rumor on the Net that GayStation is run/owned by Hutchison Whampoa - GayStation replies that this is completely untrue.
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2001-08-31 - Crackdown on Gay Bars: Bangkok, Summer, 2001
Details: An e-mail posting with very detailed information on this Summer's crackdown on bars and other venues in Bangkok.
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2001-10-01 - South Korean Gays Sue Government Over Web Site
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2001-10-12 - Chinese literary world on display at Frankfurt Book Fair holds surprises
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2001-10-31 - China Aims HIV Prevention Messages at Gay Men
Details: From the 31 October 2001 issue of The Advocate's HealthWatch column.
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2001-11-23 - Gay chinese web site owners meet in Beijing
E-mail: steve@stevefriess.com
Contact Person: Steve Friess (article author)
Details: An interesting article from the online "Toronto Whorlpool Magazine". The rest of their site is full of useful worlwide listings, with a strong Canadian focus.
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2001-12-01 - 2001 AIDS BENEFIT PARTY
Tel: 2898-4411
E-mail: marpang@netvigator.com
Contact Person: AIDS Concern
Hours: See the link above for more details!
Details: AIDS Concern will have its annual World AIDS Day Party this coming Sat Dec 1). This year, we will have a rave party in three venues (Queens Home and Hardy's), including fancy dress competition, etc. Prior to the rave party, volunteers will be passing out condoms in Lan Kwai Fong. Other volunteers will be stationed in over 10 bars in that area. Attached please find the posters, one in Chinese and one in English. The third one is a post party breakfast invitation for the following morning. Only one minor change, Blush will be closing soon, and it will be replaced by Home. See the link for more details!
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2002-01-02 - China to Mass-Produce Generic HIV Drugs
Details: "China has announced plans to make four types of generic HIV drugs in 2003, health minister Zhang Wenkang told the official Xinhua News Agency."
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2002-02-04 - HIV Rises In Japan's Gay Community
Details: "A total of 5,121 people in Japan had tested positive for HIV through December, an increase of 139 from three months earlier, health authorities said."
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2002-02-09 - AIDS IN ASIA: China Becomes Proactive Beijing wakes to health disaster threat AIDS cases could equal Africa's crisis
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2002-02-09 - New freedom for gays in China a challenge for activist - Need for safe sex education now urgent
Details: "Shenzhen, China -- As he dined on boiled chicken's feet, AIDS activist Chung To leaned over a restaurant table to tell a gay prostitute about a landmark AIDS test -- the first time male sex workers have been asked to participate in an AIDS survey in China..."
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2002-02-10 - NEPAL: Men Who Have Sex with Men Speak up
Details: An interesting posting to the QueerPlanet mailing list.
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2002-03-01 - 12th Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Details: Out on a limb The 12th Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is running fro 7-24 march, 2002. According to the South China Morning Post, it "is celebrating its break from governmental ties with a diverse mix of movies and two new awards." The online SCMP article viewable by subscribers only, but the link above will take you to the HK GLB Events Calendar, which has all the listings for you!
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2002-03-23 - On Line Voting of Tongzhi Media Awards: 「第二屆同志議題報道獎」現已接受網上投票
E-mail: chihengfoundation@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Chi Heng Foundation
Details: Encouraged by the success of the First Tongzhi Media Awards, Chi Heng Foundation is organizing the Second Tongzhi Media Awards.
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2002-05-16 - Taiwan Ends Asia's Silence on Gays in the Military
Details: Press Release - "Following an announcement by the Taiwanese Military that it would end a policy banning gays from guarding high level officials and government installations..."
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2002-05-29 - 智行基金業~獲旅遊事務署獎項 Lesbian and Gay Travel Officially Recognized; Chi Heng wins the
Details: In a competition organized by the Hong Kong Tourism Commission called the "Enjoy HK Itinerary Design Competition" (http://www.enjoyhk.gov.hk/flash.htm), Chi Heng Foundation submitted a proposal under the Group Category with the special interest group of lesbian and gay travelers in mind.
We have received a call from the organizer, confirming our winning of the Honorable Mention prize.
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2002-06-27 - India Considers Abolishing Sodomy Laws
Details: "Gay rights activists in India expressed hope Wednesday that the government will soon strike down laws that make homosexual acts between consenting adults punishable by up to 10 years in prison."
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2002-11-21 - UCSF study finds no cases of HIV transmission from receptive oral sex
Details: "No cases of HIV transmission through unprotected receptive oral sex were found by researchers at UCSF's Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) in a new study. The study looked at men who have sex with men and who exclusively practice oral sex as the receptive partner..."
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2002-11-22 - Philippines Will Not Grant Visas To Same-Sex Spouses
Details: "The country's justice department has declared that a family visa cannot be granted to the same-sex spouse of a foreigner working in the country."
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2002-11-28 - Gay Sex Significant in AIDS Epidemic In Asia
Details: "Gay sex is significant in the AIDS epidemic in Asia, according to a report by the UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation.
"Countries that have measured HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men have found it to be high -- 14 percent in Cambodia in 2000 and roughly the same level among male Thai sex workers."
...
The report estimates that unless steps are taken to curb the epidemic, some 10 million people in China could be infected with the virus by 2010." (That last figure includes all cases, not just men who have sex with men -Ed)
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2002-11-28 - RP gays back US lesbian couple
Details: "THE PROGRESSIVE Organization of Gays in the Philippines (ProGay) yesterday trashed the Family Code for being "outdated" as it rallied support behind a lesbian couple from the United States who were denied a family visa to the Philippines."
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2002-12-10 - "AIDS Is Wrath of God" [Taiwanese Vice President Annette Lu]
Details: "(Taipei) Taiwan`s Vice President Annette Lu has unleashed a firestorm after telling an AIDS Awareness forum that, "AIDS is the wrath of God, a punishment on homosexuals."..."
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2003-10-20 - India's First Gay Film Festival Highlights Growing LGBT Visibility
Details: (Bombay, India) LGBT film festivals are nothing new for most western gay communities, but for India's gays the country's first film festival was major step forward in self identity.

In a country where homosexuality remains a criminal offence punishable with sentences from 10 years to life imprisonment just buying a ticket to the film festival, held this weekend in Bombay, was a major political statement.

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2003-10-27 - Taiwan moves to abolish death penalty, legalise gay marriages
Details: "TAIPEI, (AFP) - Taiwan's government is drafting legislation to abolish the death penalty and legitimise gay marriages, a cabinet official said.
If the laws are approved by parliament, Taiwan would be the first in Asia to legalise marriages among people of the same sex. .."
From Yahoo News - Asia - AFP Asia
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2003-10-28 - Laws drafted to end death penalty, legalize gay unions
Details: "The government is drafting legislation to abolish the death penalty and legitimize gay marriages, a Cabinet official said yesterday.
If the laws are approved by the legislature, Taiwan would be the first country in Asia to legalize marriages among people of the same sex.
Jointly drafted by the Presidential Office and the Cabinet, the proposal is designed to protect basic human rights, the official said."
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2003-11-17 - Sexual revolution is boosted by University course : it is hoped lectures on homosexuality will help break down prejudices
Details: Page A4, from the unlinkable South China Morning Post. The page 1 lead says "Gay Studies - In a sign that China's sexual revolution is changing attitudes towards homosexuality, Fudan University has become the first mainland university to offer a class devoted to the topic of homosexuality."
There is also a positive editorial on page A12.
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2003-11-22 - 香港同志影展 / Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Details: Various Films from 28 November - 13 December 2003. With the theme "Camp It Up!"
Full Program
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2004-10-11 - Hong Kong's first gay parade kicks off this Friday / 第一次同志遊
Details: "One of Lan Kwai Fong's pioneers, ninetysevengroup, corporate entertainment doyen Greg Derham of House of Siren and sexual minority group HORIZONS will co-organise Hong Kong's first gay parade on this coming Friday (October 15, 2004)."
"蘭桂芳的ninetysevengroup、專籌辦大型活動的House of Siren及同志團體HORIZONS(啟同服務社)將於本星期五(十月十五日)晚上六時在Club 97的This is Not a Scene同志派對中,宣佈香港歷史上第一次同志遊行於當晚十時薪~行。屆時將業~有不少參加者穿上創意十足的裝束,環繞蘭桂芳遊行,向全港甚至全世界展示香港同志的力量,亦希望公開向數以十萬計未能出櫃的姊妹弟兄作出勉勵,共同願祝香港早日能成為一個沒有歧視的亞洲國際都業~。"
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2004-11-03 - India Upholds Jail Sentences For Gays
Details: (New Delhi, India) The Delhi High Court Wednesday upheld laws that makes gay sex punishable by imprisonment.
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2004-12-01 - International Action - In support of ADIS Education in Hong Kong
E-mail: international_action@yahoo.com
Details: "Non-Violent Direct Action Fighting for Social Justice, Equality, Freedom, Democracy in Hong Kong" - In 2004, they also held some actions in support of the promotion of ADIS education in Hong Kong.
"We are a small group of semi-intellectual gweilos, overseas Chinese, local Chinese and other Asians who live in Hong Kong. Instead of wasting time drinking in Lan Kwai Fong, or in our case the more salacious bars of Wanchai, we have decided that as foreigners living here, we have a responsibility to speak up and contribute our small part in making Hong Kong a better place."
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2004-12-02 - China - First official survey puts gay male community at 5-10 million
Details: An article from the unlinkable South China Monring Post reports that "Beijing has released results of the first government-backed survey on homosexuality, saying the mainland has a gay male population of five to 10 million."
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2007-05-20 - 3rd International Day Against Homophobia HK Parade [IDAHOHK] / 第三屆國際不再恐同日香港區遊行
Details: Official theme this year: Legislation is the Best Education
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China Launches Gay Aids Survey
Details: From the BBC - "China is conducting its first survey of the number of homosexual carriers of HIV..."
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Pride International Film Festival - Manila , Philippines
Address: 80 Scout De Guia Street, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel: 011-632-412-8349
E-mail: piff@filmfestivals.net
Details: 2004 Pride International Film Festival is inviting everyone to celebrate HIV/AIDS education through the presentation of fabulous GLBT digital films and videos in the Philippines. The events will take place at the Dream Theater (Cultural Center of the Philippines) on August 21-28, 2004 (please check the festival website for film schedules, tickets, events, award details, etc.)
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Quietly, Singapore lifts its ban on hiring gays
Details: Singapore's government has quietly lifted restrictions on hiring homosexuals as part of a broader effort to shake the city-state's repressive reputation and foster the kind of lifestyles common to cities whose entrepreneurial dynamism Singapore would like to emulate.
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Singapore Bans (Taiwanese) Gay Film
Details: "The Singapore Films Appeals Committee has banned the highest-ever grossing Taiwanese film, Formula 17, from being shown in Singapore because it `encouraged homosexuality.'" ... "Formula 17 has been the film sensation of the year in Taiwan but one of the reasons the panel banned the film in Singapore was the result of a recent survey that claimed that 70% of Singaporeans are not receptive to gay lifestyles." ...
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Support Anti-discrimination Bill for Sexual Orientation in Hong Kong
E-mail: roddy@cr4sd.org
Details: In order to gauge public support of an anti-discrimination bill to outlaw sexual orientation discrimination, the Hong Kong government will commission a third party to conduct a survey on public atitudes towards gays and lesbians and protective measures for them. There will be no Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SOD) Bill if the results show less than 50% support from the public. As a member of the LGBT communtiy, we all have witnessed instances of discrimination, if not experienced them ourselves. It is important that we voice out the need to outlaw discrimination against us. It is important that the public knows about our needs and the prevalence of discrimination before the survey takes place. If you are not a member of the LGBT community, I trust you too agree to equality for all and a legislation to protect us from discrimination. Thus, I urge you to sign this petition in support of an SOD Bill which will outlaw discrimination against us. It will also convey a strong message to the public and the government of how serious discrimination is in Hong Kong. To sign the petition, follow this link (your signature will be handed to the Chief Executive and Secretary for Home Affairs): http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/sodbhk/
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TIME Magazine - Singapore: It's In to Be Out
Details: According to Time magazine, Singapore's "gay life is more open than that of most other cities in Asia, even Hong Kong."
"Homosexual activity between consenting adults is still illegal in Singapore. Colonial sodomy laws are not exactly a proud inheritance (some say they were meant to keep British troops in line), so it is odd that, amid much tradition that is proudly preserved, these antiquated laws remain on the statute books. Until recently, the government justified the criminal status of homosexual activity by citing so-called Asian values of Singaporean society. Imagine the fizz, then, in the republic's media and especially the gay community, when Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told TIME last month that the government has been quietly tolerating gays in the civil service for a while now..."
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Tongzhi LegCo Election Campaign 2004 / 二零零外~年同志立法業~選薪~工程
E-mail: election@cr4sd.org
Details: TCJM is a coalition of more than 10 Hong Kong Tongzhi groups and has been working since 1999 as a forum for collaboration on tongzhi rights. In the 2000 LegCo elections, the TCJM endorsed one candidate in each of the five geographical constituencies. All won the election to the 2000-04 Legislative Council. In this coming election, the TCJM wants all the candidates to make clear where they stand on tongzhi issues. The project team includes some 20 lesbians and gays, working on different aspects of the campaign.
Visitors' Comments: Excellent site - now remember to vote!!! [-Spode]
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Tongzhi, Queers, Gays and Lesbians in Taiwan
Details: An excellent site with good articles on the history and politics of homosexuality in China and Taiwan, among other things.
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