All Posts Tagged With: "sex workers"

Singapore native acts out the lives of Asian transsexuals

By Luis Torres de la Llosa (AFP) NEW YORK — The life of a transexual in Asia is limited to sexual work — such is the searing viewpoint of Singapore native Leona Lo, who traveled to New York to present a first-person, three-act play on the subject. The “Ah Kua Show” is a collage of [...]

27Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Criminalised sex workers, gays at high risk of HIV in Asia

(AFP) VIENNA — The criminalisation of sex workers, drug users, and men who have sex with men were highlighted as major sources of concern in the fight against HIV in Asia, at the world AIDS conference here Wednesday. Twenty-five countries in the Asia-Pacific region still impose the death penalty for offences related to the possession [...]

24Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Italy opens first prison for transsexuals

Italy is about to open its first prison designed to cater exclusively to transsexual inmates. By Nick Squires – telegraph.co.uk Guards will undertake special training in how to treat transgender prisoners when the prison block opens near Empoli, in Tuscany, in March. Campaigners welcomed the initiative, the first of its kind, because they said transsexual [...]

29Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Twilight life of Malaysia’s Muslim transsexuals

By Sarah Stewart (AFP) KUALA LUMPUR — With her tight jeans, elaborate make-up and flowing hair, Tasha looks for all the world like a striking young woman. But her all-important Malaysian ID card declares she is a Muslim man. “In Islam, there are only men and women, there are no transsexuals, and this is an [...]

7Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued