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reaction was such that I thought people might
attack me when they saw me on the streets.
But I have since learned that there are many
supporters, too.”
BELARUS
I he Minsk bar Reactor canceled the Miss
X Diva 2000 drag contest Oct. 27, saying the
nations president and city officials have threat
ened to close the club if it holds gay events, local
activists reported. The club also refused to
return $1,300 that the Belarus Lambda League
had paid to rent the venue, the league said.
In September, city officials banned the gay
pride parade, shut down the pride week launch
event, closed the entire building that houses the
pride office, canceled the gay film festival and
shut down other locations where pride events
were planned. Gays protested by holding an
afternoon of unauthorized seminars in a city
park, then marching to a downtown monument
and unfurling a large rainbow flag.
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he 2002 Gay Games in Sydney will pour
$260 million into Australia’s economy, the
Federation of Gay Games says.
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sexuals Nov. 5 to catch strippers dancing
naked at the Malabon gay bar Bohelle s Disco.
A total of 10 men were arrested and charged
with indecent exposure and illegal public exhi
bition. The bar likely will he shut down, accord
ing to the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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But it wasn’t all fun and games. The lesbian
organization Anjaree announced plans to
launch a gay awareness campaign in public
schools.
“Homosexuals exist in every age group, but
most of those who declare themselves homosex
ual are teen-agers,” coordinator Chantarak Rak-
sayu told the Bangkok Post. The day also includ
ed stage entertainment, a fancy dress contest, a
Miss Popular contest and a dance.
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“Tasmanian anti-cross-dressing laws have
been used in the past— including the recent
past— as a justification for harassment of trans-
gendered people,” said Rodney Croome of the
Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group.
“This change will eliminate an anachronistic
and very damaging section of Tasmanian law."
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legal gay organization, GenderDoc-M,
was broken up by Kishinev police Sept. 23 at
the Public Art Library because activists were
unable to produce the group’s official registra
tion documents.
“Sexual minorities are not protected in any
way,” GenderDoc-M director Max Anmegikyan
said. “We are outlawed, the lowest caste possi-
About 15,000 athletes and 25,000 visitors
are expected. The recent Sydney Olympics
attracted 11,000 athletes.
“Since we do not use the athletes village, we
expect all of the participants and the spectators
to go to the hotels in the city, eat in the restau
rants around the city, shop in the shops around
the city,” federation co-president Bill Wassmer
told The Age. “Since it is such a far distance to
come, we expect that most of the participants
will stay for two or three weeks to see much
more of Australia, so the economic impact will
not only be felt in Sydney or New South Wales
but all over Australia and New Zealand and the
South Pacific region."
Meanwhile, New South Wales Premier Bob
Carr has refused to give local games organizers a
$260,000 grant. Sydney Gay Games head Gar-
rie Gibson said he needs the money to hire staff.
“By not having that immediate cash contri
bution, it is severely limiting my capacity to
plan this event and to achieve the goals because
1 am not able to employ the people I need to
employ,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald.
“The government has got to appreciate that
you can’t put on one of the world’s biggest
sporting
events— and
make sure that Sydney
gets a return on those
venues that we have
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Moldova was formerly part of the Soviet
Union. Anmegikyan hopes U.S. citizens might
lend a hand.
“Gay and lesbian America has a big heart, and
their support can be very helpful,” he said. “Letters
of support sent to genderdoc@mail.md can help
because our authorities have a mixture of respect
and fear toward America. Established contacts
could also help us lobby the U.S. embassy in
requesting some money for our projects.
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who has reported for the gay
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