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I may 19. 2000 * J o t M L •i news Y o ur donations and p u rc h a s e s at work in ’99. AUSTRALIA he attorney general of the Australian state of Victoria, where Melbourne is located, has introduced a hill to ban discrimination against transgendered people. The measure will outlaw bias based on gen der identity in all areas of life except competi tive sports and religion. “This law is long overdue in Victoria,” Rob Hulls told the Melbourne Star Observer. “Whilst transgender people are not a large proportion of the Victorian community, they are subject to some of the most extreme forms of discrimina tion and harassment.” The legislation would protect pre- and post operative transsexuals as well as transvestites, Hulls said. He expects the hill to pass in the cur rent session of the state Parliament. T B R AZIL here were 169 anti-gay killings in South America’s largest nation last year, the Grupo Gay da Bahia reported May 2. The murder rate was highest in the states of Sao Paulo and Pernambuco, whose biggest city is Recife. “These statistics are only the tip of the ice berg,” said anthropologist Luiz Mott, human rights secretary of the Brazilian Association of Gays, Lesbians and Transgender Persons and author of the study. “As there are no government statistics on hate crimes, we can only base our information T 5 8 6 people received bus tickets for day labor or medical appointments. 4 6 8 The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission urges activists to protest the crackdown with e-mails and faxes to Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (opendoor@presiden- cy.gov.lh), Prime Minister Salim El-Hoss ( marasem@pcm.gov.lb), Minister of Justice Joseph Chaoul (minister@justice.gov.lb, jus- tice2@justice.gov.lb), Defense Minister Ghazi Zeaiter (cmdarm@lebarmy.gov.lb), Information Minister Anwar Khalil (fax 011-961-1-342- 223), U.N. Ambassador Riad Tahharah (fax 202-939-6324), and to your local Lebanese embassy or consulate. N EW Z E A L A N D he nation’s Roman Catholic Bishops C on ference threw its support behind the idea of gay registered partnerships April 26. The bishops said a government-run same-sex partnership registry would give gay couples the equal rights they deserve in areas such as inher itance and taxation. “W e’re not saying that same-sex relation ships are morally permissible but that we are concerned about people’s human rights,” one bishop told TVNZ. T U NITED K IN G D O M he newly created Scottish Parliament has 1. passed its first pro-gay law, ScotsGay Maga zine reported in its May issue. 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We have clearly chosen the second option.” LEBANON estination, an Internet service provider in Beirut, has been visited by police officers demanding to know who operates a gay site on its servers. Members of the police vice squad claimed that the Gaylebanon.com site— which provides chat rooms and information on legal-reform issues— is somehow criminal. At press time, the police had given Destina tion a few days to respond to their demands. D affairs of a partner who becomes incapacitated. T he gay groups Outright Scotland and Equality Network lobbied on the proposal for six months, ScotsGay said. aci Taylor, the new mayor of Aberystwyth, Wales, appointed her lover, Felicity Roberts, as her mayoress on May 5, the Britsh Broadcast ing Corp. reported. The two women, both 55, have been togeth er for 20 years. “It does take a lot of guts to make a decision like this, but everyone has a place in society and everyone is equal whether it is in terms of sexu ality, race or culture,” Taylor said. “It shouldn’t really be an issue. There are more important issues, like getting a better life for people. [We] have never hidden the fact we are together. Everyone we know has accepted us as a couple.” Conservative Party Chairman Aubrey Palmer was taken aback by the announcement. “It is going to cause quite a storm in Aberys twyth, because it is not normally something we associate with this town,” he said. "Things like this don’t normally happen here. I think it just degrades the position of mayor.” Aberystwyth, population 8,636, is a holiday resort, rural and regional services center, and a principal stronghold of Welsh culture. 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