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	<title>Comments on: Report: Closeted gay men fueling HIV in China</title>
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		<title>By: Kari</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For some groups in Asia (particularly those influenced by Christian missionaries) homosexuality is a religious issue, but the problem of gay rights resistance in Asia is not inherently religious in nature.

Asian cultures in general tend to stress social conformity a lot more than the West does. In the West, individualism is something we typically value, but the East, broadly speaking, does not place a lot of emphasis on individuals.

East Asia in particular has the idea of conforming to society&#039;s expectations very ingrained in its culture. It&#039;s not that homosexuality is an &#039;abomination&#039;; it&#039;s that getting married to a member of the opposite sex and having children is a social expectation and people tend to shun those that live contrary to the perceived norms.

Japan and Taiwan are the only countries in East Asia that have *any* laws protecting gays from discrimination. However, in Japan, those laws exist only in certain municipalities, and Taiwan isn&#039;t universally considered an independent state.

Homosexuality is legal in all East Asian countries (except North Korea), but is a taboo subject in all of them, and none offer any kind of relationship recognition.

Japan is likewise the only country in the region that allows post-op transsexuals to change their legal sex, if I remember correctly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For some groups in Asia (particularly those influenced by Christian missionaries) homosexuality is a religious issue, but the problem of gay rights resistance in Asia is not inherently religious in nature.</p>
<p>Asian cultures in general tend to stress social conformity a lot more than the West does. In the West, individualism is something we typically value, but the East, broadly speaking, does not place a lot of emphasis on individuals.</p>
<p>East Asia in particular has the idea of conforming to society&#8217;s expectations very ingrained in its culture. It&#8217;s not that homosexuality is an &#8216;abomination&#8217;; it&#8217;s that getting married to a member of the opposite sex and having children is a social expectation and people tend to shun those that live contrary to the perceived norms.</p>
<p>Japan and Taiwan are the only countries in East Asia that have *any* laws protecting gays from discrimination. However, in Japan, those laws exist only in certain municipalities, and Taiwan isn&#8217;t universally considered an independent state.</p>
<p>Homosexuality is legal in all East Asian countries (except North Korea), but is a taboo subject in all of them, and none offer any kind of relationship recognition.</p>
<p>Japan is likewise the only country in the region that allows post-op transsexuals to change their legal sex, if I remember correctly.</p>
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		<title>By: Fed Up</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fed Up</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WOW, feel the love here....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WOW, feel the love here&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Sarrellec</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sarrellec</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Um...YAY! is about the only response I can muster.
They&#039;re spreading HIV because they&#039;re closeted cowards and stupid to boot?
And this is somehow my problem?
Nope.
When their straight people start dropping like flies--waitaminnit!!
Doesn&#039;t China have the one child rule?
Maybe those in power in China aren&#039;t really all that upset about the spread of HIV and kind of want it to thin their population.
Whatever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um&#8230;YAY! is about the only response I can muster.<br />
They&#8217;re spreading HIV because they&#8217;re closeted cowards and stupid to boot?<br />
And this is somehow my problem?<br />
Nope.<br />
When their straight people start dropping like flies&#8211;waitaminnit!!<br />
Doesn&#8217;t China have the one child rule?<br />
Maybe those in power in China aren&#8217;t really all that upset about the spread of HIV and kind of want it to thin their population.<br />
Whatever.</p>
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		<title>By: Big Jim 4 "jimmy"</title>
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		<dc:creator>Big Jim 4 "jimmy"</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Jimmy&quot; you are a moron!  go to your focus on the family, Lick Jerry Falwell&#039;s crusty dead ass site.  Stop eating your boogars and scratching your butt,  you are spreading germs!  

your momma&#039;s calling you to get off the computer, checking out &quot;gay sites.&quot;  hurry jump off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Jimmy&#8221; you are a moron!  go to your focus on the family, Lick Jerry Falwell&#8217;s crusty dead ass site.  Stop eating your boogars and scratching your butt,  you are spreading germs!  </p>
<p>your momma&#8217;s calling you to get off the computer, checking out &#8220;gay sites.&#8221;  hurry jump off.</p>
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		<title>By: jimmy</title>
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		<dc:creator>jimmy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ohhhhh I think that the US statistics have had it right since the beginning. HIV started with the Gay community. HIV is the natural killer of the unnatural. Get a clue, look at what the Gay community has unleashed on the world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ohhhhh I think that the US statistics have had it right since the beginning. HIV started with the Gay community. HIV is the natural killer of the unnatural. Get a clue, look at what the Gay community has unleashed on the world.</p>
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		<title>By: SenselessWorld</title>
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		<dc:creator>SenselessWorld</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and they have 1/5 of world population (TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD)  this affects me, how?

Mother Nature has her ways. We are gonna die of old age, cancer, many various diseases, conditions, etc.  

Sorry but tell me that the Chinese and other countries aren&#039;t Killing their LGBT and They have Equal rights and I&#039;ll listen. 

Otherwise, They are probably mostly or supposedly &quot;Straight&quot; homos, that are infecting each other, etc....

I am tired of &quot;Bearing the Cross&quot; for all the stupid closet homos of the world! The Larry Craigs and such....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and they have 1/5 of world population (TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD)  this affects me, how?</p>
<p>Mother Nature has her ways. We are gonna die of old age, cancer, many various diseases, conditions, etc.  </p>
<p>Sorry but tell me that the Chinese and other countries aren&#8217;t Killing their LGBT and They have Equal rights and I&#8217;ll listen. </p>
<p>Otherwise, They are probably mostly or supposedly &#8220;Straight&#8221; homos, that are infecting each other, etc&#8230;.</p>
<p>I am tired of &#8220;Bearing the Cross&#8221; for all the stupid closet homos of the world! The Larry Craigs and such&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: TigerTzu</title>
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		<dc:creator>TigerTzu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You would think that China, with their severe policies on population control, would welcome G&amp;L people.  Just goes to show that prejudice and hatred do not require a rational basis to exist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You would think that China, with their severe policies on population control, would welcome G&amp;L people.  Just goes to show that prejudice and hatred do not require a rational basis to exist.</p>
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		<title>By: Randy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Randy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Jim, Communism isn&#039;t an atheist system.  It&#039;s a system of control.  Communist states oppose religion because it erodes the state&#039;s control.  Communism is anti-gay for the same reasons religion is anti-gay.  It interferes with their control of the family and relationships.  Take the gay variable out (or stamp it down) and it becomes easier.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Jim, Communism isn&#8217;t an atheist system.  It&#8217;s a system of control.  Communist states oppose religion because it erodes the state&#8217;s control.  Communism is anti-gay for the same reasons religion is anti-gay.  It interferes with their control of the family and relationships.  Take the gay variable out (or stamp it down) and it becomes easier.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t get this. Communism is an atheist system. Why would or should they care if someone is gay or not? Take an angry god out of the equation, look at it as a part of the natural order and suddenly being anti-gay seems silly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t get this. Communism is an atheist system. Why would or should they care if someone is gay or not? Take an angry god out of the equation, look at it as a part of the natural order and suddenly being anti-gay seems silly.</p>
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