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News and Events => People news => Topic started by: LostInTime on January 21, 2007, 01:02:01 PM

Title: Merlyn Sopjan: A sporting way to fight discrimination
Post by: LostInTime on January 21, 2007, 01:02:01 PM
Link (http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20070121.C01&irec=1)

For these athletes are transsexuals and if they care a damn that the crowds are there as voyeurs then they're not going to give anyone a rise through recognition. This is the game with no shame.

When the final whistle blows the tables are turned. The teams run to the fence and distribute brochures to the red-faced pseudo-fans before they can kick-start an escape. The pamphlets warn of the dangers of contracting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).