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hirty gay men and lesbians marched in Syd
ney’s Chinese New Year parade on Feb. 6
carrying a big banner reading Asian Lesbian
and Gay Pride.”
“You could see people looking at the banner,
then looking at us, then back at the banner, try
ing to put two and two together,” marcher Kha
Hien Huynh told the gay newspaper Capital Q.
Crowd response ranged from ambivalence to
overt support, the marchers said.
“I think people appreciated the fact that our
presence was something different, ’ Huynh said.
“Things are going to change from now on.”
R
odney Croome, the most well-known gay
activist in the Australian state of Tasmania,
was named an inaugural recipient of the Tasma
nia Day Community’ Service Award in February.
The honor was presented by Gov. Guy
Green and announced in the state Parliament.
Green thanked
Croome for “foster
ing greater respect
for the states gay
and lesbian com
munity and playing
a major role in
reshaping Tasma
nia as a more toler
ant, open and
diverse communi-
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added: “This is
tmly a sign of how far we, as a community, have
come.”
Said Croome: “This is an award for all Tas
manians who are devoted to the ideals of inclu
sion and tolerance, but most of all it is an award
for the states lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans
gender communities. 1 salute my brothers and
sisters for their endurance and courage in trans
forming this island community into a safer and
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BELARUS
T
he only gay bar in the former Soviet repub
lic of Belarus was
closed Feb. 21 due to a
lease dispute with the gov
ernment, which owns the
building that housed the
club.
The owners of the bar,
which was named Oscar,
say the closure was actual
ly a matter of simple homophobia and they are
planning a lawsuit.
Officials from the Belarus Lambda League for
Gay and Lesbian Freedom commented: “We
believe this incident to be a demonstration of
flourishing homophobia, legislative highhand
edness and despotism."
CA N A D A
O
n Feb. 21, the House of Commons ap
proved a measure that grants same-sex
couples all the federal benefits received by com
mon-law opposite-
sex spouses and
extends to gay and
straight common-
law couples many
marriage
rights
that neither group
currently has.
T he Feb. 21
vote was 161-60.
T he legislation will rewrite 68 federal
statutes in areas ranging from pensions and
insurance to income tax and prison visits.
The bill now moves to the Commons justice
committee, which will suggest improvements
prior to a third and final vote. Then it will
advance to the Senate.
C
orrections Canada will let some prisoners
undergo sex-change operations, Canadian
Press reported Feb. 17.
The new policy will settle a human rights
complaint filed by a trans inmate.
he Canadian Medical Association is urging
medical schools to develop anti-homopho
bia programs in the wake of a McMaster Uni-
versity/CMA study that found lesbian and gay
physicians-in-training are afraid to come out of
the closet.
The researchers also urged schools to hire
faculty to be role models for lesbian and gay stu
dents and to set up gay support groups.
T
F IJ I
he government is preparing to undo the
1997 constitutional prohibition of discrim
ination based on sexual orientation.
New legislation will neutralize the clause by
banning gay sex and same-sex marriage.
“We need to reinforce the country’s values
on society— those held by the majority of mem
bers of the public," said Attorney General
Anand Singh. “A s far as the Fiji Islands is con
cerned, we are not going to legalize marriage
between two persons of the same sex— no gay
marriages in Fiji.”
The nation’s Human Rights Commission is
opposing the government’s plans.
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