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Dagleish’s spousal pass gets him essentially unlimited access to Parliament, including use of its cafeterias, bars, parking garage, family room and gymnasium. Dagleish will also likely be granted travel benefits— 15 first-class rail tickets between Westminster and Bradshaw’s district in England’s West Country. ▼ ▼ T The new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, William Hague, apparently approves of same- gender marriage. “When they’re not causing any harm to other people, why should we object?” Hague said. A protégé of Margaret Thatcher, Hague, 36, succeeded former Prime Minister John Major. On most other issues, Hague is aligned with the party’s right wing. Meanwhile, the Sydney [Australia] Sun-Her ald reported June 22 that there are rumors Hague is gay— which he denies. Additional rumors say Rupert Murdoch’s tab loid News o f the World has photos that contradict Hague’s denials, and that Hague has obtained an injunction to prevent publication of the snapshots. CANADA Eight hundred gay men and lesbians and 200 “family values” protesters clashed in downtown Vancouver’s Robson Square on June 7, according to Xtra! West. The occasion was a rally by the anti-gay Citi zens’ Research Institute to protest gay-positive curricula in public schools. The confrontation was part of an ongoing battle over the issue. On one side, members of the British Columbia Teachers Federation are funding development of workshops, policies and curriculum recommen dations that combat anti-gay bias. On the other side, the school board in Surrey, a Vancouver municipality, has banned three gay- related children’s books, and the British Colum bia Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils approved a non-binding resolution barring school materials related to homosexuality. Comfortable & Affordable Furniture U H O M EB O D IES 2226 NE Broadway on JD\oautiTuu (503) 287-9450 CYPRUS Amnesty International is calling on Cyprus’ House of Representatives to legalize gay-male sex. Cyprus was ordered to do so by the European Court of Human Rights in 1993 but legislators have procrastinated on the matter. The court said the nation’s sodomy ban violates privacy rights. Meanwhile, the European Commission on Human Rights has declared admissible an appli cation from a Cypriot gay man, Stavros Marongos, charging his human rights are being violated by the ban. The commission attempts to settle cases be fore handing them off to the European Court of Human Rights for a hearing. The court, located in Strasbourg, France, is the judicial organ of the Council of Europe, a group- ing of 40 nations pledged to uphold human rights. It enforces the 1952 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. FRANCE An estimated 200,000 people turned out for EuroPride on June 28 in Paris. More than 100 floats and thousands of march ers stretched three miles from the Place de la République through the city’s east side to Reuilly Lawn, site of an all-night concert. Police estimate the crowd at 145,000, organiz ers say 300,000, and independent observers opt for 200,000. EuroPride moves to a different city each year. In the lead-up to the parade, 5,000 athletes competed in the fifth gay EuroGames. The great est number of medals—a whopping 107 (41 of them gold)— was snagged by London’s 82-mem ber Out To Swim team. Meanwhile, in the midst of the Euro blowout, France’s new Socialist government said it will keep its promise to enact a same-gender partner ship law. The proposed “contract of social union” will give gay and lesbian couples spousal rights in such areas as housing, inheritance and taxes. MEXICO Delfino Martinez Galvez, the openly gay head of Mexico’s Green Ecology Party, was found shot dead June 16 in a bathtub at his party’s offices in Ometepec, Guerrero. Media reports say police have not identified any motive or suspects in the case. PORTUGAL The gay group ILGA-Portugal has launched a postcard campaign to Prime Minister Antonio Gutteres demanding recognition of same- sex partnerships. A group of Social ist members of Parlia ment is planning to in troduce registered partnership legislation for opposite-sex % couples and, if it passes, amend it to include same-sex couples. The measure grants registered couples every right of matrimony except access to adoption. According to the Lisbon newspaper Expresso, the developments have disturbed local Roman Catholic officials, who are reportedly “preparing for war.” “This desecration of the family threatens the state and reminds me of the fall of the Roman Empire,” a diocesan spokesman told reporters. SPAIN Spain’s new conservative People’s Party gov ernment has killed off the Spanish Tourism Insti tute booklet “Gay Spain: Feel the Passion,” which had been distributed by Spanish tourism offices in the United States and elsewhere. Coordinadora Gai-Lesbiana, a gay and les bian organization, responded by posting the en tire booklet on its World Wide Web site (www.pangea.org/org/cgl/). ZIMBABWE Canaan Banana, a former president of Zimba bwe, is denying that he forced sex on male stu dents, bodyguards and associates. “The so-called allegations are a mortuary of pathological lies, a malicious vendetta of vilifica tion and character assassination,” he said. Police have given prosecutors a docket of nine sodomy and other charges against Banana, claiming he forced himself on male associates during his presidency (1980-87) and at the University of Zim babwe where he chairs the Religion Department. Compiled by Rex Wockner