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march 2.2001 * tTTTWlnews Phone \ 503 274-9936 Fax 503 274-2660 'KAREN M. SWEIGERT, MD Obstetrics and Gynecology THE NETHERLANDS sons, susceptible to being configured according to rince Johan Friso—second in a plurality of cultural models,” he said in a speech to Vatican bureaucrats. “You observe that in a line to the throne—is not gay, the government said Feb. 14. very clear way in the ongoing attempts to present "He’s fed up with these ru de facto unions, including homosexual ones, as mors,” spokesman Eef Brouwers comparable to marriage, in which one negates, in Prince said. “He’s not a homosexual.” fact, the natural character. The natural considera Johan Friso tion of marriage shows us that a couple unite •5» themselves precisely because they are persons of he first European Bisexual Conference is different sexuality, with all the spiritual richness scheduled for June 22 to 24 in Rotterdam. that this diversity has at a human level.” “European bisexuals will need to be able to find each other.. .to exchange information and expe NEW ZEALAND rience in the areas of freedom of sexual prefer ens of thousands of people braved the driz ence and the position of bisexuality within the zle Feb. 17 to watch Auckland’s seventh various countries’ societies,” organizers said in a gay Hero Parade on Ponsonby Road. According press release. to the New Zealand Herald, “It was a night of The conference telephone number is megahigh heels...loud music, transformed 011-31-6-2843-8124. Visit the Internet site trucks, marching girls and boys, dykes on bikes, www.intbiconf.org/ for more information. lesbian mothers with their kids and ordinary folk just out for a look.” Prime Minister Helen Clark cut a ribbon to launch the two-hour parade. Transsexual Mem ber of Parliament Georgina Beyer and Auckland Mayor Christine Fletcher were among other guests of honor. The 70 floats included entries by the Coast Guard and by local firefighters, organizer Heather Lee said. "The parade was fantastic, colorful, spectacular and amazing.” P T ft (J 1130 N.W. 22nd, Suite 320, Portland, 0R 97210 St. Stephen’s Episcopal THIS DOWNTOWN 1 Sunday Services • 7:45 and 10:00 am Sunday School & Childcare at 10:00 am Rev. Lawrence Falkowski, Ph.D. rector 1432 S.W. 13th Avenue • Portland, Oregon 97201 (503) 223-6424 Kim Trip Ç wk O' bacato our umkoh Interest Rates are GREAT! Inventory's Low. Now's the Time to Buy...or Sell. AUSTRALIA he police department in the state of Victo ria recruited gays and lesbians Feb. 3 and 4 during Melbourne’s gay Midsumma Festival. Acting Superintendent Stuart King said the force needs to reflect the state’s ethnic, religious and cultural diversity. The recruitment booth was staffed by a deputy commissioner, an assistant commissioner, recruitment officers, members of the Gay and Lesbian Employment Network and the department’s gay arid lesbian liaison officer. Specializing in Close-in Portland 503-416-2017 CHINA op music star Mao Ning was outed after being stabbed near a cruisy Beijing park allegedly by an angry ex-lover, Guan Ming. apparently has departed China to avoid the media and distressed fans. Writing in The Advocate, gay journalist Steve Friess, who is spending a year working overseas, said coverage of the stabbing marked the first time local press reported on a celebrity’s homo sexuality. He said the newsmagazine 21st CentU' ry called the incident “the biggest scandal to hit China’s entertainment world in recent years.” P TAIWAN ccording to the Taipei Times, someone threw a brick Jan. 27 through the window of the local gay bookstore Gin Gin’s. Dozens of gay rights groups have denounced the incident. “It seemed a minor case of a small gay and les bian bookstore being attacked with a brick, and FRANCE the mere breaking of a window seems like no big esbian tennis star Amelie Mauresmo and loss at all,” the organizations said in a statement. her lover of three years, Sylvie Bourdon, “But if the attack on Gin Gin’s was made because have broken up. “We have decided to go our it’s a gay and lesbian bookstore, then that sends a separate ways,” she strong message of hatred against homosexuality. told Le Figaro. If the attack with a brick Mauresmo said is tolerated today, we she hoped the media might see attacks with would respect her petrol bombs in the privacy. 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