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The school board of Surrey, B.C., a Vancouver
municipality, banned three gay children’s books
April 25.
Pulled from elementary-school shelves were
Asha's Moms, Belinda's Bouquet and One Dad,
Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads.
According to UPl, the vote led to shouting and
shoving matches between some audience mem
bers and school-board members.
A day later, British Columbia Premier Glen
Clark denounced the board’s action.
CHINA
The Chinese government refused to let direc
tor Zhang Yuan accompany his gay film East
Palace, West Palace to the Cannes Film Festival
Zhang’s passport was confiscated in April and
has not been returned.
A copy of the film— which was shot clandes
tinely and is banned in China—was provided to
the festival by a French company that co-pro
duced it after the footage was smuggled out of
China for post production.
Named for the cruisy public toilets on either
side of Tiananmen Square, the film is considered
a pioneering portrayal of contemporary Chinese
gay life. The plot centers on interactions between
a cop and a young gay writer, whom the cop
harasses and eventually arrests.
"The word ‘homosexual’ has hardly been ut
tered in China since 1949,” Zhang said in a recent
interview, referring to the year communist China
was founded. “It’s as if China didn’t have gays.
But wherever you have humanity, you will have
homosexuals.
CYPRUS
About 120 Greek Orthodox monks, priests
and their supporters picketed Cyprus’ parliament
May 8 in protest against plans to repeal the nation’s
sodomy ban.
The Council of Europe has been pressuring
Cyprus to legalize homosexuality since gay men
fighting the sodomy ban won a case before the
European Court of Human Rights in 1993.
Parliament is expected to pass the repeal mea
sure this month.
FRANCE
A gay man from Lyon is running for parlia
ment.
Green Party candidate Pierre Gandonniere,
founder of the Lyon Gay and Lesbian Forum, says
he would defend the politics of his party and fight
for gay and lesbian equality.
He hopes his candidacy will encourage other
candidates to come out of the closet. At least 40
parliamentary candidates are gay, he said.
INTERNATIONAL
“Fascism and Homophobia” is the theme of
the 13th Annual International Gay and Lesbian
Youth Organization Conference to be held July 27
to Aug. 3 in Pisa, Italy.
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a press announcement, there will
be presentations on the situation of gay men and
lesbians in World War II, an overview of the rise
of right-wing movements worldwide, and skills-
building workshops in campaigning and combat
ing fascism and homophobia. Experts from anti
fascist organizations will be invited, and special
attention will be given to the work of lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender youth groups in this
field.
The conference will be conducted in English
and French. A fee of $89 (U.S.) covers everything,
including food and lodging.
For an application, e-mail iglyo@intex.ie; fax
011-31-20-618-8172, or write IGLYO, Annual
Conference 1997, PO Box 542, NL-1000 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
THE PHILIPPINES
The Philippines has a law prohibiting gay men
and lesbians from registering as a party, organiza
tion or coalition in the party-list system used in
elections, Senate President Pro Tempore Bias
Ople revealed May 2.
By law, 20 percent of the members of the lower
house of parliament are elected not by voters but
through the party-list system of registered na
tional, regional and sectoral parties or organiza-
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Meanwhile, on April 25 Ople called on the
military to drop its ban on gay men and lesbians.
‘Tolerance and open-mindedness should be
the policy of recruitment,” Ople said. "Devotion
to country and the ideals of courage and heroism
are not a monopoly of heterosexuality and the
traditional genders.”
Ople was responding to remarks by Armed
Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Amulfo Acedera.
"We cannot have in-betweens in the military,”
Acedera said April 21. "What we need are men or
women. From where I sit, I don’t know of any
gays at present in the service, but if indeed there
are, they must be advised to get out.”
SOUTH AFRICA
Six percent of South Africans are HIV-posi
tive, the Health Ministry reported in April.
That’s about 2.4 million people.
The highest infection rate is in Northwest
Province, near Johannesburg.
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