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Chinese Migrants Ignorant about HIV/AIDS Prevention
China Daily – China, 11/30/2008
Ministry of Health studies show many migrant workers suffered from sexual deprivation while living apart from wives or lovers while doing jobs in bigger cities.
The estimated number of sex workers in Nepal is over 25,000, with about 5,000 in Kathmandu. Around 5,000 children are thought to be involved in prostitution and around 35 percent of all sex workers will have entered the trade by the time they are 15.
Gays, Lesbians in Kolkata Protest Against Discrimination
Newspost Online - Baroda, India, 11/29/2008
Hundreds of gays and lesbians in Kolkata staged a protest against discrimination on Friday. Holding up placards and shouting slogans, they sought to attract the attention of people towards their plight.
In spite of the international rulings and definitions, sexual orientation is more private and not as visible. People are used to pretending that it does not exist.
The number of gay men who are HIV positive has exploded in China over the past three years, according to the preliminary results from a survey by the Chinese government.