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provincial leader to participate in the gay pride
parade. The event had 155 entries, and the
turnout likely exceeded last years figure of
110,000.
“This is not about special rights for anyone,”
Dosanjh told the N ational Post. “This is about
equal rights for all British Columbians and all
Canadians.”
T
he rate of HIV infection among gay men
doubled in Ontario between 1996 and
1999, according to University of Toronto
researchers.
Dr. Liviana Calzavara blamed safe-sex
fatigue. “These people have been practicing safe
sex for over a decade, and every once in a while
they’re going to slip, or else because they have
been with a regular partner, they no longer feel
condoms are necessary,” she told the University
o f Toronto Bulletin.
KOREA
ays, transvestites and transsexuals in Seoul
* have created South Korea’s first gay
show— for an audience of mostly
straight people and tourists. The
nightly H ahahuho Show at
the restaurant of the same
name features nine gay
men and nine trannies.
“This is Korea’s
first gay show ever,”
founder Kim Jyung-
kon told the Korea
Herald. “That should
tell you how far be­
hind we are in social
maturity. All the other
countries, like the United
States, England, Japan and
Thailand, have long since recognized
the talent of gay members of their commu­
nities and used them to help build successful
tourism industries."
In between the show’s two acts, the transsex­
uals spend a half-hour answering audience ques­
tions about their lives.
INTERNATIONAL
T
he Council of Europe’s Parliamentary
Assembly voted in July to support the
membership applications of Armenia and Azer­
baijan on the condition that they decriminalize
sex between men. In fact, Azerbaijan legalized
male-male sex in May, and the legislation will
take effect this month.
“We are extremely pleased with these devel­
opments,” said Nico Beger of the International
Lesbian and Gay Association. “Eighteen
months of lobbying paid off when the Legal
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Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the
assembly insisted that the assembly stand up for
the rights of gay people in these countries.”
In the whole of Europe, only Annenia, Ser­
bia and Chechnya still ban gay sex outright, the
association said.
Founded after World War II, the Council of
Europe aims to strengthen democracy, human
rights and the rule of law in its 41 member
states. The European Convention on Human
Rights is the most important of its many human
rights treaties.
Violations of the convention are settled by
the European Court of Human Rights. The
council is governed by the foreign ministers of
its member states (the Committee of Ministers)
and by representatives from national parlia­
ments (the Parliamentary Assembly).
MALAYSIA
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ormer Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim and his brother were sen­
tenced to nine and six years in prison on sodomy
charges Aug. 8.
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The sex allegedly occurred with the family’s
chauffeur. Amnesty International denounced
the charges as trumped-up.
“In order to remove Anwar Ibrahim from
political life and to discredit him publicly, those
in power in Malaysia have misused the law, state
institutions and the courts, ill-treated detainees
to coerce confessions and eroded the right to a
fair trial,” the group said. “Amnesty Interna­
tional considers Anwar Ibrahim a prisoner of
conscience, detained and brought to trial
because of his dissenting political activities and
the challenge he posed to government leaders.”
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degree in journalism from Drake University and
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A series of paintings about gay male relationships
showing at First Avenue Gallery
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First Thursday - September 7, 2000
ARTIST: JULIA WACO
Sympathy Empathy shows two men holding each other and one of them holds
an ear because he is listening supportively to his partner, and also actively
sharing in the other's experience.
A special thank you to Joel Corcoran.