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and its bishop, George Pell, are under fire
from gay and lesbian groups for promoting an
organization called Courage, which urges gays to
turn straight or embrace celibacy via prayer and
therapy.
The archdiocese endorsed the group, which,
in a recent mailing to 300 priests, said gay peo
ple are ‘‘as sick as their secrets.”
The local Catholic gay group Rainbow Sash
Movement denounced Pell’s affiliation with
Courage as “shocking and scandalous.”
“Another generation of Catholic youth will
face years of self-doubt and despair, fight futile
struggles against their natural sexual orienta
tion, and live with a sense of being defective and
disordered. And all this in the name of G od,”
said spokesman Michael Kelly.
ore than 6 percent of the country’s stu
dents in grades 10 to 12
are attracted to people of
the same sex, a new sur
vey from the Australian
Research Centre in Sex,
Health &. Society has
found.
A nother 2.3 percent
are unsure of their sexual
attractions.
Researchers ques
tioned 3,500 students
at 118 schools. They
also found that students
who acknowledge same-
sex attraction are up to
four times more likely
to binge drink or use
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ay men and lesbians began registering Jan.
4 under the nation’s new partnership law,
which also extends to opposite-sex couples and
platonic cohabitants.
The law is mostly symbolic, as it does not
offer much in the way of matrimonial rights.
Activist Alain Bossuyt, who registered with
ealth M inister Virgilio Galvis, who once
disparaged people with HIV, appointed
three HIV-positive advisors Dec. 29.
They are epidemiologist Dr. Henry Ardila,
AIDS activist M iriam Cossio, and activist and
journalist Rafael Sandoval.
In late 1998, Galvis was denounced by
Colombian A ID S activists after he said, “It is
better to invest fl nds to assist children with
diarrhea than people who have HIV, given that
they are very costly.”
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illiam Hernández, head of the El Sal
vador gay group Entre Amigos (Among
Friends), is receiving death threats, reports the
International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights
Commission.
“IGLHRC continues to be profoundly con
cerned about the safety of William Hernández,”
the group said. “In one call, the person said that
he wanted to speak to the executive director,
William Hernández, and that he already knew
how to reach the Entre Amigos office in order to
kill him. T he caller also left an accurate physical
description of the executive director. In a later
call that day, the same individual warned, ‘Tell
that son of a bitch no t to leave tonight.’ The
threats were aimed no t only at Hernández but
at his two daughters and his father— whose
whereabouts the anonymous caller seemed to
know in ominous detail.”
W ith seven anti-gay killings con
firmed in 1999, Salvadoran gay men, les
bians and trans people have been subject
ed to a campaign of terror, violence and mur
der, IG LH RC said.
FRANCE
n late December, A ir France extended
cheap spouse fares to same-sex couples who
register under the n atio n ’s new partnership
law.
“O ur aim is to treat our staff and our clients
who have legally registered their partnerships
the same as married couples,” said a company
spokesperson.
O th er French airlines and the national rail
road already provide benefits to gay and lesbian
employees’ partners.
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ne of the n atio n ’s leading show business
personalities, singer Patrick Lindner, has
confirmed media reports that he is gay. He
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