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AUSTRALIA
According to a report funded by the govern
ment, 20 percent of gay men and 11 percent of
lesbians surveyed in Australia have been victims
of homophobic violence. In addition, the study
conducted by the Australian Institute of Crimi
nology found that out of those, 12 percent of
lesbians and 18 percent of gay men reported they
had been assaulted by police. Despite these statis
tics, gay men and lesbians have won many protec
tions in Australia. Last year the government lifted
its ban on openly gay men and lesbians in the
military and all but one state, Tasmania, have
repealed sodomy laws. And New South Wales,
Australia’s most populous state, adopted a gay
civil rights law.
BELGIUM
A non-discrimination policy proposal for the
European Commission which bars bias based on
gender has been amended by the European Par
liament to include sexual orientation. The new
policy governs only employees of the Commis
sion. Many believe that the parliament’s support
will pave the way for a non-discrimination policy
to be enacted for the European Community dur-
ingl994. The European Court of Human Rights
has already declared sodomy laws a violation of
the 1988 Convention of Human Rights and a
potential block to admission to the European
Community. Commissioner Padraig Flynn com
mented, “The Commission will continue to work
towards the most open policy possible.”
CUBA
A gay-themed film opened Cuba’s prestigious
annual film festival in early December. Fresa y
Chocolate (“Strawberries and Chocolate”) a Cu-
ban-Mcxican film, was said to be part of the
government’s attempt to show greater openness
toward gay men and lesbians and to compensate
for its history of intolerance. The film, based on a
short story by Cuban writer Sense Paz, details the
story of a well-educated man unable to find work
because he is gay. Other moves toward openness
to gay men and lesbians has been Cuba’s positive
vote to grant United Nations observer status to the
International Gay and Lesbian Association.
FRANCE
The French government announced that it will
sell condoms to young people at a fraction of the
original retail price. In an effort to promote a safer
sex campaign aimed at young people, Health
Minister Philippe Doustc-Blazy said thatcondoms
will be sold to youngsters 18 and under for about
17 cents each.
GREAT BRITAIN
A survey of 2,000 British lesbians and gay
men was conducted by the group Stonewall. The
survey found that 50 percent of those questioned
suffered harrassment at work and eight percent
said they had been fired because of their sexual
orientation. Eleven percent revealed that they
were completely out at work while 19 percent
reported being totally closeted, the majority of the
latter being teachers. Only 10 percent of those
identified as teachers reported being out to co-
workers. Anya Palmer of Stonewall commented,
“The survey shows that discrimination against
lesbians and gay men at work is a widespread evil
which effects all occupations.” On a positive
note, four out of five gay men and lesbians said
their employers had an equal opportunity policy.
SOUTH AFRICA
An Interim Constitution, scheduled to be voted
upon by the South African parliament, includes
civil rights protections for lesbian and gay men. If
ratified, it will become the first constitution in the
world to specifically ban discrimination against
gay men and lesbians. After asuccessful lobbying
effort by the Equality Foundation, a group of gay
and lesbian lawyers, the protections were in
cluded in the Constitution’s proposed Bill of
Rights.
The proposed bill states that, “No person shall
be unfairly discriminated against, directly or indi
rectly, and, without derogating in any way from
the generality of this provision, on one or more of
the following founds in particular: race, gender,
sex, ethical or social origin, colour, sexual orien
tation, age, disability, religion, conscience, creed,
culture, or language.” The Interim Constitution
also extends prisoner visitation rights to unmar
ried “partners.”
The inclusion of the sexual orientation clause
survived two rounds of negotiations with the
parliament. In the final round charges were brought
up by the Minister of Justice claiming that the
term “sexual orientation” was too general and
included bestiality and pedophilia. The Founda
tion responded with a second successful lobbying
campaign to argue that the term applied solely to
homosexuality, heterosexuality and bisexuality.
The Interim Constitution will govern South
Africa while the transitional government is in
place which may serve for a period of up to five
years. That government will be drafting the
country’s final constitution.
UNITED NATIONS
An agreement between 167 of the world’s
nations to conserve and preserve the planet’s
animals, plants and micro-organisms has recently
become an international law. The agreement, the
Convention on Biological Diversity, requires
countries to create national strategies toward con
serving habitats within their borders that sustain
plants, animals and micro-organisms. It also com
mits countries to pass legislation that protects
endangered species, expand protected areas and
restore damaged ones. Finally, the law mandates
countries to promote public awareness on the
importance of conservation and the efficient use
of biological resources.
Political principles lay the foundation of the
workings of the law. They hold that rich countries
have an obligation to help poorer nations abide
the law by offering “new and additional” finan
cial aid and technology. Additionally, each nation
carries its own right to exploit its own resources,
under its own environmental policies and that
countries rich in organism species but cash- poor
should share in the profits from products made
from their biological resources. The Uni ted S tates
is among those nations already signed, although
ratification by a two-thirds vote of the Senate is
needed.
Compiled by Lee Norwood
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