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National Post (Canada), Posted: 2/20/2010, 11:58 AM QUICK LOOK: An AIDS vaccine that appears to have worked at least partly in Thailand may only temporarily protect patients, with the effects starting to wane after a year or so, researchers... (MORE) |
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BBC, Posted: 4/30/2009, 10:35 AM QUICK LOOK: A Buddhist preacher in Thailand has announced plans for new guidelines aimed at curbing the flamboyant behaviour of gay and transgender monks. The "good manners" curriculum... (MORE) |
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Chicago Sun Times, Posted: 1/28/2009, 7:39 AM QUICK LOOK: Although she was born a male, Chicago native Karissa Rothkopf knew from an early age that she was trapped in the wrong body. More than three decades later, she underwent... (MORE) |
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The Independent (U.K.), Posted: 10/21/2008, 5:40 PM QUICK LOOK: Lithe, peach-skinned and demure, Arttasit is the kind of woman who would turn heads on any college campus, except that he is not a woman; not yet. The 21-year-old catering... (MORE) |
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Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 3/27/2008, 1:32 PM QUICK LOOK: Gay activists in Thailand are joining with worried parents to urge doctors to stop castrating minors who want to take the first step toward a sex change. Leading gay... (MORE) |
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Courier Post (Pa.), Posted: 12/8/2007, 10:10 AM QUICK LOOK: A Gloucester City man convicted in October of killing his wife by strangling her inside their home was sentenced Friday to 22 years in state prison. David Henry continued to assert his innocence Friday,... (MORE) |
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Australian Associated Press (AAP), Posted: 11/13/2007, 4:45 PM QUICK LOOK: An Aussie rules footie fan has cause to regret a drunken visit to a Phuket tattoo parlour after the Thai needlesmith misread his written instructions and labelled his... (MORE) |
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Bangkok Post, Posted: 11/5/2007, 8:27 AM QUICK LOOK: About 2,000 books, magazines, photo albums, video tapes, movie and audio CDs relating to homosexuals fill the small room that is the country's only library dedicated... (MORE) |
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The Nation (Bangkok), Posted: 11/3/2007, 3:21 PM QUICK LOOK: Natee Teerarojjanapongs, president of the Gay Political Group of Thailand, said he had tried to buy a policy from AIA sales agent Pachara Pipatwong on Sunday. However, after Pachara called to consult... (MORE) |
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Sacramento Bee, Posted: 10/23/2007, 7:53 AM QUICK LOOK: Tom Knutson is gay, and he and his partner of 15 years – a Thai national finishing a master's degree – may be forced to leave the United States within two years and live... (MORE) |
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San Francisco Star, Posted: 10/13/2007, 9:14 AM QUICK LOOK: Thailand's tolerance towards gays and transgender people is legendary in Asia. Entire streets in Bangkok are dedicated to gay bars, the hospitals have become international... (MORE) |
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Reuters-U.S., Posted: 9/16/2007, 2:13 PM QUICK LOOK: A budget airliner crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket on Sunday, killing 88 people as it broke up and burst into flames while trying to land in driving rain, a senior official ... (MORE) |
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The Sun (U.K.) (tabloid), Posted: 9/1/2007, 12:43 PM QUICK LOOK: Scores of teenage male prostitutes and transvestites battled with clubs, knives and petrol bombs in a three-day "gay war." Police arrested two young men after one bar... (MORE) |
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Associated Press (AP), Posted: 8/13/2007, 10:45 AM QUICK LOOK: Mr., Mrs. or Ms.? Thailand may soon let people who have had a sex change officially alter their title, too. A proposal which would allow transgender men or women to choose how they are addressed is... (MORE) |
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Asia Pacific Arts, Posted: 7/28/2007, 11:39 AM QUICK LOOK: "Right by Me" toys with sophisticated explorations of young gay life in Thailand, but the story ultimately boils down to landing the cute boy. Is there more to life?... (MORE) |
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Bloomberg News Service, Posted: 7/23/2007, 7:05 PM QUICK LOOK: HIV drugs will be given to people who don't have the virus by U.S. scientists to determine whether the medicines can protect those at greatest risk of catching the AIDS-causing disease. The Centers... (MORE) |
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The Nation (Bangkok), Posted: 7/11/2007, 6:50 AM QUICK LOOK: Higher-yield tourists, including gays, wedding couples and young travelers, are among the target groups being considered by the Tourism Authority of Thailand. The authority's... (MORE) |
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA), Posted: 7/5/2007, 7:53 PM QUICK LOOK: Novotel Bangkok, a member of the French Accor hotel chain, today issued an apology to a Thai transvestite who had been barred from the hotel's nightclub two weeks ago after the discriminatory act... (MORE) |
Reuters-U.S., Posted: 6/28/2007, 5:24 PM QUICK LOOK: A Thai gay rights group launched a boycott today of a Bangkok night club run by European hotel chain Novotel after bouncers refused entry to a male transvestite. Under the slogan "Novotel, No homosexual,"... (MORE) |
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Bangkok Recorder, Posted: 6/20/2007, 11:30 PM QUICK LOOK: A Thai credit card company is directly targeting the gays with its advertising. The commercial for Krungthai Card (KTC) shows a hip Bangkok bar where a ravishing Thai... (MORE) |
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Bay Windows, Posted: 6/7/2007, 8:11 PM QUICK LOOK: When Carol Riso joined the Air Force Nurse Corps back in 1962, she didn’t think much about checking off the box on her enlistment form declaring that she did not have homosexual tendencies. But things... (MORE) |
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United Press International (UPI), Posted: 5/26/2007, 5:16 PM QUICK LOOK: British concert pianist Stephen Hugh will not perform in Vietnam because officials there were concerned about his writings on religion and homosexuality. Alcoholic beverage... (MORE) |
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Associated Press (AP), Posted: 5/7/2007, 8:54 PM QUICK LOOK: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil took steps Friday May 4 to let Brazil buy an inexpensive generic version of an AIDS drug made by Merck & Co. despite the U.S. drug ... (MORE) |
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Ha'aretz, Posted: 5/7/2007, 3:47 PM QUICK LOOK: An Israeli civil rights group on Sunday petitioned the country's High Court, claiming the Israeli government's decision not to provide provide health insurance for the partner of a gay security officer... (MORE) |
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 4/27/2007, 8:14 PM QUICK LOOK: Brazil said Wednesday April 25 it would buy an Indian-made generic version of a Merck and Co. anti-AIDS drug if the U.S. company does not offer Latin America's largest country a deeper discount on... (MORE) |
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