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M
ore Australian gay men are having unpro
tected anal sex with casual partners.
The National Centre in HIV Research’s lat
est Sydney Gay Community Periodic Survey
found that 29.6 percent of respondents had had
condomless intercourse with a casual partner, up
from 19.9 percent in 1996.
“There is a need for a wide mix of education
strategies which may re-engage men in consid
ering their sexual health generally,” said health
official David Fowler.
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W
hen the legislature of the province of
Ontario amended 67 laws Oct. 25 to give
same-sex couples all the rights of common-law
P o rtlan d , O r e g o n
opposite-sex couples, the action also made it
possible for at least six members of the provin
cial Parliament to be outed.
The closeted MPPs now will be legally bound
to disclose the names and assets of their domes
tic partners to the provincial integrity commis
sioner, whose records are publicly accessible.
According to mainstream media reports, at
least half a dozen MPPs could be affected.
O couts Canada launched a troop in Toronto
O i n November for gay and lesbian youths
between ages 18 and 26.
It is the city’s 129th scouting troop and the
first of its kind in North America. Ten people
have signed up.
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rotests targeting the World Trade Organi
zation and geared toward making
HIV/AIDS medicines more accessible were
held in late November and early December in
Seattle; New York; Washington, D.C.; San
Francisco; Paris; and Cape Town and Johan
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W TO ministers began a crucial meet
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create a trade agenda for the new
millennium. Protests from labor
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held in the days leading up to
the gathering, as well as during
the event.
O n Dec. 1, World AIDS Day,
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Human Rights Commission demanded
the W TO make HIV/AIDS medicines more
accessible to everyone infected with HFV,
regardless of where they live.
“Fully 90 percent of people living with HIV
and AIDS are in developing countries, coun
tries where people have limited ability to pay
for drugs, the same countries whose needs are
ignored by the World Trade Organization,”
charged Sydney Levy, IGLHRCTs campaign
director. “T hat’s why we’re targeting the
W TO.”
Specifically, said Levy, the Clinton admin
istration and multinational pharmaceutical
companies have used the W TO to undermine
existing international trade laws that would
allow developing countries to access
HIV/AIDS medicines at considerably lower
prices.
Through the W TO, he said, Clinton offi
P
cials and Vice President A1 Gore have repeat
edly protected corporate profits and intellectu
al property claims over public health when the
two have come into conflict.
“They have prioritized pharmaceutical lob
byists’ concerns over public health. They have
manipulated trade regulations to keep lifesav
ing medicines accessible only to the most
wealthy in the world to ensure profits
for the pharmaceutical industry,”
added Jaime Balboa, IGLHRC's
director of public education.
“T h e U nited N ations’ most
recent statistics indicate that 50
m illion people
now have
HIV/AIDS. We must put saving
lives before corporate profits.”
1GLHRC officials brought to the W TO
a letter— endorsed by more than 260 organiza
tions from 60-plus countries— that says health
care is a human right and public health needs
must be prioritized before commercial consid
erations. (The text of the letter is available on
IGLHRC’s Internet site, www.iglhrc.org.)
Levy also worked with a loose coalition of
U.S.-based activists advocating for global
access to health care for people living with
A D S . IGLHRC and the coalition asked the
W TO to establish a working group on access
to drugs, and called upon the U.S. government
and delegation to support policies that broad
en access to medications.
IG LH R C ’s mission is to protect and
advance the human rights of all people and
communities subject to discrimination or
abuse on the basis of sexual orientation, gen
der identity or HIV status.
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