Gender stories

1. Photographer imagines herself with different partners:

http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/08/dita-pepe/

1a. Der Spiegel: “M, F or Blank: ‘Third Gender’ Official in Germany from November”

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/third-gender-option-to-become-available-on-german-birth-certificates-a-916940.html

1b. Christian Post: Germany Introduces ‘Third Gender’ on Birth Certificates; New ‘Gender Blank’ Option Implemented

http://www.christianpost.com/news/germany-introduces-third-gender-on-birth-certificates-new-gender-blank-option-implemented-102569/

2.  INDEPENDENT UK: “‘India gang rape’ shoot showing model being harassed on board bus sparks outrage”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-gang-rape-fashion-shoot-showing-model-being-harassed-on-board-bus-sparks-outrage-9651302.html

3. BBC:’Steroids reduced my sperm count to zero’”

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28539183

4. NEW YORK TIMES: Confronting Sexuality and Identity in China

5. BBC: “Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill: MPs drop death penalty”

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-20463887

6. To Click or Not to Click: Celebrity Nude Pics and the Ethics of ‘Gawping’

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/02/naked-photos-jennifer-lawrence-violent-videos-internet

7. “Rape t-shirts” pulled in the Philippines;

http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1598697/philippine-mall-forced-remove-t-shirts-calling-rape-snuggle-struggle

8. SCMP: Hong Kong’s Falling Birth Rate blamed on “Women’s low sex drive”:

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1599699/womens-low-sexdrive-blamed-falling-birth-rate

9. Popular Science Writer Debunks Mars/Venus myth in cognitive studies:

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/07/brain-science-ditch-male-female-cliche

10. Jennifer Lawrence responds to the Nude Pics controversy as perpetuating a “sexual offence”

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/1007/650699-lawrence-speaks-out-against-nude-photo-leak/

11.. Top-selling American Author questions the US approach to viewing child pornography:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29639956

12: THE ECONOMIST: Rape Laws: Crime and Clarity
http://www.economist.com/node/21561883

!3. The History of Sexology:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/07/the-rise-and-rise-of-sexology-wellcome

14. Sex workers argue against criminalising their trade:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/06/sex-workers-decriminalisation-amendment-modern-slavery-bill

15: Drag in China:

16: SCMP: Malaysian transgender community and transvestite community celebrate victory in the courts:
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1634192/transgenders-win-historic-court-case-against-malaysian-states-inhumane

17: The Plight of Sex Workers in Hong Kong:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1635364/risky-business-sex-workers-walk-blurred-line-streets-wan-chai

18: The Irish Times: Against Legalising Prostitution
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/legalising-prostitution-legalises-a-fantasy-that-sex-does-not-involve-the-self-1.2001623#.VGnFPfag1k0.email

19. SCMP: “I was happy doing sex work”
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1635365/former-hong-kong-prostitute-says-dangers-have-increased-industry