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•i news Request for Quotes The doll carries a chain saw, and the words “cut here” are written on its neck. The well-known toy store Hamleys also is refusing to stock the product. BELARUS elarus’ only gay publication has been banned by the State Committee for Mass Media. “The magazine was registered as an edu cational and cultural publication hut has been running erotic content for more than a year now,” the panel said in a notice canceling the registration of Forum Lambda. The publication plans to file suit in the nation’s Supreme Arbitrage Court with help from the Belarus Associa tion of Journalists. “Forum Lambda has never been any more explicit than Men s Health,” its editor said. Human Rights and Nationality to ask for a reg istered partnership law and a ban on workplace discrim ination. “[Slovakia’s] homosexual minority is forced to live with fear and guilt for their emotional and sexual orientation...result ing in suicidal tendencies, neurosis and sup pressed yearning for human relationships," activist Ivan Pozgai told the panel, according to the Slovak Spectator. EVALUATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES FUNCTIONS Multnomah County, Oregon, is soliciting quotes for a study to evaluate how various human resources functions are provided. Primary organizational values include excellent service to the public, good value for the tax dollar, and being an employer of choice. Public sector experience is required; experience with large public sector employers is preferred. Quotes must be received no later than April 25, 2001. Interested parties should contact Ellen Ullrick at (503) 988-5015 X22202 or ellen.l.ullrick@co.multnomah.or.us for a complete project description. DUBAI olii ce in the Gulf emirate of Dubai shut do' down the Diamond Club bar April 1 for playing host to a gay night, the Gulf News reported. Crow n Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid A1 Mak- TH A ILA N D toum reportedly he Bangkok Gay Group staged ordered the closure an HIV education play for 50 personally, charging gay inmates March 29 at the that the establish Bangkok Remand Prison. ment was “violating Although the production pro the Islamic laws of moted protection, condoms are not the country and in Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid allowed in Thai jails because they dulging in immoral A1 Maktoum would encourage abnormal behav activities.” T he ior, officials have told activists. The gay group, authorities learned about the event when which also organizes Bangkok’s pride parade, organizers distributed 2,500 fliers urging plans to perform the HIV show in parks and Dubai gays to come out of the closet. juvenile detention centers as well. Multnomah County welcomes qualified submissions from all segments of our diverse community. F M U LTN O M A H CO UNTY • T IN TE R N A TIO N A L ISRAEL he Association of Gay Men, Lesbians, Bisex uals and Transgender People— fonnerly the Society for the Protection of Personal Rights— celebrated its 25th anniversary March 25. More than 100 people gathered at the group’s headquarters in the heart of Tel Aviv’s Nachalat Binyamin pedestrian mall. “To call it a great success would he an understatem ent,” the association said in a press release. T mnesty International Secretary General Pi erre Sane visited Jerusa lem’s gay center March 27, marking the first time the group’s head has paid a call on a gay affiliate. Officials asked him to reverse a policy of not translating reports on anti gay abuses into Arabic. Center executive director Hagai El-Ad said the policy sends an “alienating mes sage...to gays and lesbians Hagai El-Ad in the same countries where they need A Is support more than any where else.” A ith funding from the European Union, the International Lesbian and Gay Associa tion has launched a Spanish-language Informative Bulletin for Latin America. “This bulletin comes into being as a necessity to strengthen the orga nizations, associations, spaces, groups and collec tives of the GLBT community and to contribute to the improvement of the information and com munication networks that already exist,” said co-editor Claudia Ace vedo of Guatemala. The first issue of the glossy mag azine had 28 pages. To subscribe, write Boletin Informativo ILGA- LAC, Apartado Postal 1289, Gua temala City, Guatemala; fax 011-502-232-1021; or e-mail oasisilgalac@intelnet.net.gt. W I p o lic e in ii Budapest want to .1 question uuestioi gay porn star H en rik for having unsafe sex on and off screen after he found out he was HIV-positive in 1997. He is likely guilty of murder, according to spokesman Valter Fulop. “He worked on a homosexual pom film in 1998 without using p ro tectio n ,” the official said. Henrik also has had sex with more than 200 other men while moonlighting as a prostitute named DJ Bobo, Fulop added. NEW ZEALAND Y i he New Zealand Parliament passed a law March 29 giving gay and straight couples who have been together for three years the same property rights as married couples. In the event of a breakup, assets acquired during the relation ship will be split 50-50. Couples who do not want to he covered by the Property Relations Bill can draw up a costly contract to opt out of the law’s provi sions. T he measure will take effect in Febru ary 2002. jn SLO V AK IA embers of the Slovak Parliament met with gays for the first time March 20. Representatives of several groups appeared before the Parliamentary C om m ittee on M EMAIL: E LISE@ R EA LTO R .C O M INTERNET: ELISECAMPBELL.REALT0R.COM H UN G AR Y CA N AD A ‘he province of Alberta will tweak its laws to treat gays more fairly, Alberta Justice spokesman Bart Johnson said April 2. The announcement followed an Alberta Court of Q ueen’s Bench ruling that the provinces inheritance laws conflict with the nation’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms by dis criminating based on sexual orientation. As a result of the ruling, gays will have spousal status when contesting wills and estates after the death of a partner. 5 0 3 . 2 9 6 .3 8 7 5 Compiled by R ex WOCKNER, who has reported for the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Drake University and started his career as a radio reporter. Help Kids Get on the Right Track Short-term foster parenting helps create new beginnings for hundreds of young children and teen boys and girls. The Boys & Girls Aid Society offers ways you can help by becoming a short-term foster parent. Our foster parents receive 24-hour support and tax-free reimbursement for care. To learn more about our programs, please call Cory at (503) 222-9662, ext. 137, or visit our website at www.lToysandgirlsaid.org B o y s & G ir l s A i d S o g ie t y o f O r e g o n T he
