Mexico's gay scene is busting out There's no way I can keep up with these four lesbianas who've agreed to show me the nightlife. They never stop dancing. They flirt with each other, switching partners so fast it makes my head spin. They rub up against the gay guys, gyrating their hips and smiling seductively. 18-3-2007

LGBT Center hosts meeting for Cuban Five
As part of its effort to forge new ties, Rainbow Solidarity for the Cuban Five held a meeting at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City June 2. Leaders from various organizations voiced their commitment to work on behalf of the Cuban heroes, noting that the US government's persecution of them is connected to its imperialist wars abroad and attacks on immigrants at home. 1-7-2007

Jamaica: Homosexuality and sexuality ethics
Reports in the press last week about rousing worship in a gay church here, a rise in divorce, AIDS and teenage sexual activity, as well as 12-year-old children in Portland having oral sex with grown men, all relate to a broader phenomenon. 21-5-2007

Mexican state of Coahuila approves law recognizing same-sex unions
The legislature for the northern Mexican state of Coahuila approved a law recognizing same-sex unions on Thursday, becoming the second assembly to take such an action in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. 18-3-2007

Sex-changes in Cuba no-cost, like all health care
Cuba's National Assembly of Popular Power has agreed to discuss making sex-reassignment surgery free of cost to all 'transexuales' on the island who request it. The entire public health care system in Cuba is free of charge. 18-3-2007

Urban Argentines support same-sex marriage
Many residents of Argentina's capital have no issue with same-sex couples getting married, according to a poll by Analogias released by Pagina 12. 73.1 per cent of respondents in Buenos Aires agree with gay and lesbian weddings. 18-3-2007

Shibuya's sleazy happening bars offer chaotic, erotic action at bargain prices
"Are you sure this place is all right?" Sayaka whispers nervously. Sayaka's reaction to this out-of-the-way club in Tokyo's Shibuya district, located in the corner of a nondescript building off Miyamasuzaka Street, may be understandable. She's never been to a "happening bar" before, and this place looks, well, sleazy. 17-7-2007

10 percent of Japanese men in their 40s still virgins
Haruka is a 38-year-old temporary employment agency worker. She met her 41-year-old boyfriend through an online matchmaking site. Judging by his e-mail, he seemed to be kind and was certainly mature. 17-7-2007

'Clean' Nagano's dark, dirty secret: AIDS
"Among Japan's 47 prefectures, Nagano is a rarity in that its public morals laws and ordinances prohibit sex businesses like 'soaplands' and 'fashion health' salons," the unnamed "pink" journalist tells the Japanese weekly Shukan Shincho. 17-7-2007

The 'pink parlors' of Lhasa
Once a sacred Buddhist pilgrimage destination, the Tibetan capital Lhasa is rapidly turning into a hot spot of 'pink parlours' where flesh trade thrives under China's modernisation drive, a US couple says. 17-7-2007

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