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Issue 3, 2008
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Letter from Editor
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We are back with more thought provoking articles and
images! Sexuality, gender expression and identities, rights,
culture…yes, it’s all here.
In this issue of In Plainspeak, Angela Kuga Thas from Malaysia
tells us about her work on a range of issues spanning
creative projects with young people, sexuality, women’s
rights, and virtual reality. Tahir Khilji juxtaposes issues of
young people’s rights to gender expression and identity
alongside sexual violence in the world of the zenanas in
Pakistan, a world that few people know, leaving us with
many troubling questions to think about.
Gender expression and identity run into troubled waters
when they do not conform to what is expected. Glenn
Maboloc talks about how Filipina transwomen constitute
their sense of self and autonomy in a culture where social
relationships are privileged over the individual.
Though we are finally getting to be able to be queer in the
streets (read Campaign Spotlight to see how), it will still
be a while before all of us can do that at our jobs or even
between the sheets. Read what Skywalker has to say about
being transgendered and finding a job or a partner.
But it’s not only gender-benders who run into trouble.
Gender-conforming heterosexuals don’t have it so easy in
the Philippines – they can’t leave a marriage they no longer
want to be in, and they can’t have sex with someone else if
they are married. Carolina Ruiz, a feminist lawyer, focuses
on the absurdity of a law that turns consensual sex between
adults into a crime.
In our regular features, you will find Revati Chawla’s review
of the much publicised book The Wisdom of Whores that
was doing the rounds at the just concluded International
AIDS Conference in Mexico, and Ponni Arasu’s review
of the film About Elsewhere. You will also learn more about
microbicides – research is still ongoing, but they offer
an exciting new option for people to protect themselves
against HIV without preventing pregnancy.
We have also added a new section, Notes from the Region,
featuring updates from our partner Resource Centres in
China, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Long after you have finished this issue of In Plainspeak,
Tejal Shah’s images will linger in your mind. In Art Space,
she offers us another brilliant photo-essay disrupting our
notions of fixed gender identities and expressions and
making the fantastical possible.
Yes… another world is possible!
As always, do send in your feedback and contributions to
resourcecentre@tarshi.net.
Stay well, stay safe, stay happy,
Radhika Chandiramani
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