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january 7 .2DÜQ 20 H U s H iin e w s H ig h P r ie s t e s s PIERCING. no AUSTRALIA he nations highest court ruled Dec. 3 that the military can kick out people who test positive for HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C. The court said people with those infections pose a threat to other soldiers, particularly dur ing combat. T • like a garden studio away from everything? • want a kitohen where cooking is a joy? • need a house with a soul? try Design That Fits... ^ 1 Kenneth Moholt-Siebert Building Design 2021 5.E. Salmon • Fbrtland 235.5127 (541J3H2.6585 V 675 LINCOLN ST. EUGENE OR. 97401 T H E PL A C E T O Q E T H O LY A B O U T O E T TlH O H O LEY! Yin & Yang 3101-09 SE 11th SE d o s e in Brooklyn Area Rowhouse style condo alterna tives. 2 bedroom refurbished Victorian Era. High ceilings, pock et doors, nook, pantry, formal dining, full basem ent with garage. Reduced to $122,500 to $124,900 Richard Voss. GRI Associate Broker 2 8 6 -5 8 2 6 Office 8 0 4 -9 4 2 4 Cell/VM a O» f i ® PENINSULA REALTY INC. BEV DOOLITTLE y v To appear at Gallery j ^. ' t International Bev Doolittle teaches viewers to look beyond the obvious with her popular camouflage prints. Bev visits Portland to celebrate her newest work: “The Earth is My Mother” now fea tured at Gallery International. January 14, 2000 5 PM - 8 PM the face. One of them managed to tear a gold chain from my neck, which upset me because it was a present from someone I am very fond of.” Mauresmo was walking on the beach with girlfriend Sylvie Bourdon when the attack occurred. Club Med security officers failed to apprehend the thugs. CANADA INTERNATIONAL he King and Alexander Steam Baths in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was destroyed by fire Dec. 8. The 3:30 a.m. blaze also destroyed other businesses in the historic building—a restau rant, barber shop, fireworks store and tailor shop. Five near-nude patrons were rescued from the rooftop by police. Police said the fire was set by bathhouse customer Devon Sean Carriere, who was charged with arson and disregarding human life. “Our information was, he was a client at the time of the fire,” homicide detective Tom Anderson told the Winnipeg Sun. “The motive isn’t something we’d talk about.” en members of Latvia’s Homosexuality Information Centre picketed the Inter- Govemmental Conference of the European Union in Helsinki, Finland, Dec. 10, in protest against Latvia’s proposed entry into the EU. In a letter distributed to attendees, members of the activist group said Latvia does not ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, does not recognize same-sex relationships, explicitly bans same-sex marriage, and subjects gay men and lesbians to “a state-supported cam paign of hatred, intolerance and social exclusion, aimed at presenting them as ‘parasites’ and ‘cripples’ of society.” A 1998 resolution by the European Par liament declared that countries seeking EU membership should not discriminate against gay men and lesbians. T he Toronto District School Board is help ing sponsor a poster campaign that tells students it’s OK to be gay. The posters will appear in subway stations and at all schools with students in seventh grade or above. Board Chairwoman Gail Nyberg told the Toronto Sun: “We have an obligation to address the needs of all our students.” Meanwhile, the board’s Dec. 8 meeting was disrupted by anti-gay Muslims protesting the district’s proposed anti-homophobia policy. "What [gays] do is not normal,” said protest er Idrahin El-Sayed, president of the Toronto District Muslim Education Assembly. “We don’t want it pushed on our kids and we won’t stand for it to be in our schools.” The protesters eventually calmed down and left. T CHINA C C hina’s first televised condom ad aired on ✓ 'Central Television’s Channel 1, Xinhua reported Nov. 29. On Dec. 2, the ad was banned for violating a law that prohibits advertisements for sexual products. FRANCE i n early December, French lesbian tennis pro Amelie Mauresmo decked three muggers at a resort in the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe, an overseas possession of France. “I was terrified but I didn’t let it show,” Mau resmo told London’s The Mirror. “I screamed at them to go away but they surrounded us and moved in. One pulled out a knife, so I used my elbows to knock two of them to the ground, then punched the third one as hard as I could in Reservations needed for autographs. Only items purchased through the gallery will be signed. T IRELAND he nation’s new Employment Equality Act bans direct and indirect job discrimination based on sexual orientation, the International Lesbian and Gay Association reported Dec. 2. The law also prohibits unwelcome, offensive, humiliating or intimidating actions. Religious institutions are exempt from the act in instances when it conflicts with their teachings. T ISRAEL ealth Minister Shlomo Benizri said Dec. 1 that gays are sick deviants. “These people have a mental problem, they are deviant. Instead of giving them legitimacy, we need to treat them,” he told Reuters news service. “It is a sickness. They say they are like normal people. Psychol ogists have to encour age them and help them.” Speaking to the Ma’ariv newspaper, Benizri added: “I am ready to fund the ere ation of special closed sections for them in psychiatric hospitals. They are suffering from a genetic defect, and the health ministry can come to their help.” Gay leader Michal Eden responded: “If he holds such views, he should immediately resign.” In general, Israel is fairly gay-friendly, at least in the legal arena. Sex between people of the same gender was decriminalized in 1988, job bias was banned in 1992 and the military ban on open gays was dropped in 1993. 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