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Local Writer Tests Social Tolerance
China Post, 11/30/2006
China Post - Taipei, Taiwan, November 30, 2006 Ten years ago, Taiwanese gay writer Hsu You-shen shocked the public by marrying his U.S. lover in an open ceremony attracting 400 people. Now he is testing the boundaries of Taiwan's social tolerance with the publication of a book on oral sex.
INQ7.net - Philippines, November 30, 2006 Motorists trapped in the late afternoon rush hour were shocked on Thursday when artists, nursing students and gender rights activists wove through traffic along downtown Baguio carrying a 30-foot condom on their shoulders.
ABC Online - Australia, November 30, 2006 In a country where homosexuality is rarely publicly acknowledged, the new service shows a clear shift in Government attitude to the country's growing HIV/AIDS crisis.
NDTV.com - New Delhi, India, November 30, 2006 Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and former US President Bill Clinton launched the first ever National Paediatric HIV/AIDS Initiative in New Delhi. Ten thousand children living with HIV/AIDS across the country are expected to benefit from the initiative.
USAID Awards $25 Million to Two Projects Fighting HIV/AIDS
Nepalnews.com, 11/30/2006
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu, Nepal, November 30, 2006 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID/Nepal) has decided to award up to $25 million to two new health programs aimed at combating HIV/AIDS. The fund would be available for use over the next three years.