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The twelfth issue of the CGS Newsletter is now available both in print and online. Click the URL to download the PDF version.
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The Cnter for Gender Studies, International Christian University, welcomes submission of unpublished research papers, field repots and book rebiews. Articles currently received will be considerd for inclusion in the forth issue scheduled for publication in March 2009.

Submission Deadline:August 31,2009
Journal Regulations for vol.05

Launched in 2005, the CGS journal, Gender and Sexuality, is designed to bring together researchers and activists from theoretical and practical collaboration, and to disseminate information from Japan and Asia to the world. It is our hope that this journal will become an innovative, dynamic forum for challenging existing concepts and stimulating lively debate.

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In December 2008, at a Christmas party hosted by the Center for Gender Studies, CGS staff asked those who intended to participate in the party dressed in drag to refrain from doing it. Despite our commitment to fighting discrimination against gender minorities and sexual minorities, we at CGS had unwittingly lost sight of our principles and had come to mix up familiarity with easiness to control. We wish to express our sincere regret for the incident last year and we apologize to all those who were victimized and hurt by our actions. CGS regards this incident as a serious issue for our entire organization. We issue this statement to express our firm resolve to prevent such an incident from occurring again in the future and to express our apologies to all those concerned.

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NL011_toppage.jpgThe tenth issue of the CGS Newsletter is now available both in print and online. Click the URL to download the PDF version.
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Chico Masak
Undergraduate student, ICU
A Homosexual Asian Male Bitch From CA/NZ/JP

【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the 11th issue of the CGS Newsletter.】

At the World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents on November 24, 2008, an international agreement was reached that all participating countries would undertake to criminalize the possession of child pornography including cartoons (animation, comics, 3DCG, etc.). Many countries prohibit the production and sale of child pornography to protect children from the exploitation and violence considered inherent in non-consensual acts in which, given the adult-child power relation, children inevitably engage as soon as any adult is involved in their sexual activities. This agreement extends the watch on child pornography and makes illegal even the possession of child pornography in cartoon form. They argue that, regardless of whether real children are involved or not, child pornography affects the ways people view children and its prevalence can lead to overtly and excessively sexualized images of children. That is, not only do the children involved suffer physical and psychological harm through non-consensual acts, but also the representation of children in pornography, though indirectly, increases the harm inflicted on real children.

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take_index.gifAnnouncement: 4th Issue of CGS Journal, "Gender and Sexuality"

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"Gender and Sexuality 04"can be downloaded as a PDF file from the link listed below.
http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/cgs/pdf/journal004.pdf

We welcoms submission of unpublished rearch papers, field repotrs and book reviews for the fifth issue of "Gender and Sexuality".

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