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FR AN CE
aris elected an openly gay mayor
March 18.
Socialist Bertrand Delanoe campaigned on
the slogan “Let’s Change Eras.” He promised
reduced smog, more parks, fewer cars, protect
ed pedestrian zones along the Seine River, less
dog poop on the streets, more day care centers
and renewed cultural vitality.
“Today, Parisians freely chose change in
the capital,” Delanoe said after his victory.
“Tonight, hearts are moved among all those
who for so long dreamed of putting Paris hack
on the road of the future, the road of imagina
tion and of hope.”
Delanoe, 50, came out in a 1998 television
interview.
“Yes, I’m a homosexual,” he said. “Perhaps
I’m underestimating the consequences of the
discussion we are having today, but I’m 48
years old.... I must live with my convic
tions. . .and my career has never been the most
important thing to me.”
Delanoe works out, enjoys soccer, smokes
Gay Paree Mayor Bertrand Delanoe and (inset)
cigars and likes to stroll in the city.
“With an openly gay mayor [and] gays and City Councilor Camille Cabral
lesbians dancing to ‘I Will Survive’ under a rain
bow flag in front of City Hall. ..some are having
LER AN O N
a hard time believing their eyes and ears,”
case that started when Lebanon’s Internal
Gay.com France editor Olivier Monnot wrote.
Security Force attempted to find out who
“Sunday night was a taste of something never owned GayLehanon.com has ended with fines of
seen before.”
$219 each for Kamal Batal, director of the
In addition, Paris elected a transgendered
human rights organization Multi-Initiative on
Rights: Search, Assist, Defend, and Ziad
woman to the City Council. Camille Cabral
won the seat for the 17th arrondissement. She is Mughraby, owner of the local Internet service
the first known transgendered person elected to provider Destination. They were convicted of
violating Article 157 of the Military Penal G xle,
public office in France.
“This is historic for the transgender communi which bans defamation of the army or the flag.
ty,” Cabral told Gay.com France. “But I don’t put
Batal and Mughraby allegedly tarnished the
my sexual identity first. Above all, I am a citizen."
reputation of the vice squad by distributing a
printed flier. They deny the allegation and think
U N ITE D K IN G D O M
the document in question was a printout of an
former speaker of Britain’s House of Com e-mail the organization sent its members after
mons, the late George Thomas, was secret police visited Destination and demanded the
ly gay, former Labour MP Leo Abse says in a new
names of the owners of GayLebanon.com, which,
book titled Tony Blair: The Man Behind the Smile.
it turned out, was not hosted by Destination or
A very popular British political figure,
any other Lebanon-based Internet provider.
Thomas was speaker from 1976 to 1983. He died
in 1997 at age 88.
S C O TLA N D
According to the book, Thomas was black
n Edinburgh man who infected his girl
mailed repeatedly by people threatening to
friend with HIV while aware of his own
expose his homosexuality, and Abse helped pay
HIV status was jailed for five years March 16 for
off some of the blackmailers. ✓
culpable and reckless conduct. Stephen Kelly, 33,
learned he was HIV-positive in 1993, then had
ISR AEL
unsafe sex with his girlfriend six months later.
he Israeli High Court of Justice overturned
“She has suffered several years of serious ill
a rabbinical court ruling March 19 pro ness, and her life expectancy has been seriously
hibiting a lesbian from seeing her children from reduced,” judge Lord Mackay said in handing
a previous heterosexual marriage if her female down the sentence.
lover was present.
"I feel that I am beginning to live my life
N A M IR IA
freely, the way everyone is supposed to live in
]) resident Sam Nujoma told police to arrest,
this country, without anyone interfering in my
imprison and deport gays March 19.
private affairs,” the unidentified women told the
“The Republic of Namibia does not allow
Jerusalem Post after the decision. “The hardest
homosexuality, lesbianism here,” he said in a
thing was the knowledge that someone can
speech to students at University of Namibia.
interfere with your most private affairs, especial "Police are ordered to arrest you and deport you
ly when you know that you are living a good life and imprison you.”
and are happy with the choice you made.”
Nujoma previously has said: “Those who are
practicing homosexuality in Namibia are
PARAGUAY
destroying the nation. Homosexuals must he
he country’s first gay community center condemned and rejected in our society."
opened last month in Asuncion. The facili
ty was created by thp Gay-Lesbian Action Group
with funding from Spain’s Triangle Foundation.
"The Gay-Lesbian Action Group plans to
move forward with information projects for the
general population and Paraguayan gays and les
bians to achieve simple equality for gays and les
bians in society,” the group said in a press
release. “We also will continue recognizing and
confronting all cases of discrimination against
gays and lesbians.”
Namibia President Sam Nujoma (left) shakes
hands with China President Jiang Zemin
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