Sex News in Asia – 6/20/11

This article first appeared on Good Vibrations Magazine.


Singapore

• You heard it here first! Singapore is currently in the midst of planning and organising the SlutWalk! Support it here!


• Google Singapore has become the first international company to officially support Pink Dot 2011.


• For the third time, Pink Dot took place on Sunday 18 June. 10,000 people attended this year's Pink Dot! Visit the official site is here!


• Commentary: Rev Dr Yap Kim Hao, a former Bishop of The Methodist Church in Singapore and Malaysia who appears as himself in the recent Pink Dot promotional video, underscores the importance of self-acceptance among LGBT people, and accepting others in the community by embracing difference and celebrating diversity.


• Money talks when S’pore women say ‘I love you’


• Why 6,000 foetuses were aborted yearly by our married women in Singapore?


• S’poreans set up local ‘Obedient Wives Club’


• No to Obedient Wives Club


• Increase punishment of traffickers and pimps


• Man files for divorce, claims wife had affair with former student


• Peeping tom fined S$1,000 for entering female toilet

Malaysia

• Malaysian Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Dr Mashitah Ibrahim has hit out at husbands who treat their wives as sex objects instead of cultivating a good family life.


• Malaysia's inquiry into the case of two Singaporean women who were allegedly detained, forced to undress and do squats will take "a couple of weeks" to complete.


• Son chases parents from home after his marriage


• Forum letter: Sex by itself will not keep a man happy

Philippines

• The country's official HIV registry is not only showing an unusual rise in HIV deaths, but of deaths among young MSMs due to AIDS-related complications that are circulating within the gay, bisexual and transgendered community.

India

• New Delhi Gets a Women’s Street Protest


• Sex workers in Kolkata are enrolling their children in school. But the kids often don't make it through secondary school, when derision from peers, along with pressures to earn a living, intensify.

China

• Busty Mainland actress Meng Qian was sexually molested on live TV by a passionate fan unable to resist himself, reported May Daily through Sohu website.


• The dress worn by Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan looked good enough to eat. It was made of lettuce leaves, part of an effort by animal rights group PETA to encourage consumers to go vegetarian as meat consumption in China keeps on rising.


• Chinese bride faces off against groom’s gay lover


• Seven years after it was first performed, Joey Leung and Alvin Wong’s The Queer Show, which is playing from July 14-24, has became a landmark in the Hong Kong’s comedy scene.

Nepal

• The newly proposed criminal code in Nepal is reported to contain provisions which will criminalise "unnatural" sexual acts including same-sex sexual relations.

Disclaimer: Some of these media reports may portray sex and sexuality in a negative light. I am merely re-reporting them and may not always agree with the reports or opinions expressed.

Dr. Martha Lee is Founder and Clinical Sexologist of Eros Coaching. She is a certified sexologist with a Doctorate in Human Sexuality. She provides sexuality and intimacy coaching for individuals and couples, conducts sexual education workshops and speaks at public events. For more, visit www.eroscoaching.com or email drmarthalee@eroscoaching.com.