July 20.2001
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Restore Your Confidence!
applies to anyone who has lived in the Nether
lands for four months, Belgium’s law only will
allow same-sex weddings among people whose
home country recognizes same-sex marriages.
YUGOSLAVIA
he first Gay Pride march in Belgrade was
attacked by hundreds of thugs from ultra
nationalist youth organizations, skinhead groups
and “soccer clubs” June 30.
They kicked and beat participants and
chanted, “Death to homosexuals.” Although
dozens of people were hurt, none of the injuries
was life-threatening, according to early reports.
Police fired pistols into the air to chase the
T
Hamelech streets. A three-hour concert fol
lowed in Park Hayarkon.
“We demand that the state give us the nat
ural rights that other couples have to establish
legal partnerships,” Etai Pinkas, head of the Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association,
told the Jerusalem Post. His organization co
sponsored the parade with the Tel Aviv-Jaffa
city government.
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witzerland President Moritz Leuenberger
attended Gay Pride on June 23 in Zurich and
promised to introduce a gay partnership measure.
“It is nothing but normal to honor Christopher
Street Day with my presence,” he
said. He might have been the first sit
ting head of a national government
to attend a Gay Pride celebration.
About 2,000 people marched in
the Gay Pride parade June 23 in
Edinburgh, Scotland, including
two members of Parliament.
The first Gay Pride parade in
Aguascalientes, Mexico, attracted
about 100 people June 16. They
marched through the city center
and rallied at City Hall. Pride
Police officers were among those injured during an attack
parades were held this year in six
on Gay Pride marchers June 30 in Belgrade
other Mexican cities: Mexico
thugs from the city’s main plaza, Republic City, Guadalajara, Veracruz, Tijuana, Culiacan
Square. At press time, 32 arrests had been and Monterrey.
About 25,000 women took to the streets of
reported, and more were expected.
“We estimated there would not be that many Toronto for the city’s fifth Dyke March on June 24.
lunatics, but obviously we are still not mature
The first Gay Pride parade in Caracas,
enough to express some, let’s say, queemess or, as Venezuela, attracted about 1,500 people July 1.
A few onlookers seemed disgusted, but the ma
some would say, fulfillment of desires or sexual
tendency,” Belgrade Police Chief Bosko Buha told jority appeared supportive. The parade ended
with the singing of the national anthem.
reporters from B-92 radio.
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ROMANIA
omania’s government
legalized homosexu
ality June 22 via an “emer
gency ordinance.” The na
tion has been told it cannot
join the European Union as
long as homosexuals are
criminalized.
The emergency mea
sure will remain in effect
for one year, during which
it must be ratified by both
chambers of Parliament in
order not to expire. Parlia
ment previously has refused
to legalize homosexuals.
The statute that was
Switzerland President Moritz Leuenberger (right) celebrates Gay
suspended, Article 200,
Pride on June 23 in Zurich
states: “Same-sex rela
About 3,000 people marched June 30 in
tions taking place in public or resulting in a
Dublin, Ireland. A reporter for the Irish Times
public scandal shall be punished by one to five
years imprisonment. Enticing or seducing a was amused by one T-shirt’s message: “It hap
person to practice same-sex relations as well as pens in the best of families.”
propaganda, association or other forms of
CANADA
proselytizing with the same aim shall be pun
oyal Bank has refused to open an account
ished by one to five years imprisonment.”
for an anti-gay organization fighting to
keep Montreal from winning the bid to play
ISRAEL
bout 150 Israelis and Palestinians marched host to the 2006 Gay Games.
“We don’t want to look like we’re being sup
together as one contingent in Tel Aviv’s
portive of such a group,” spokesman Raymond
Gay Pride parade June 22.
Chouinard
told the Montreal Gazette. “We’re a
They were protesting Israel’s occupation of
the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Many more private corporation, and we do not have to open
Palestinians reportedly wanted to march with an account every time a person or organization
the group but were prevented from entering asks for one.”
The “No Committee 2006” says it plans to
Israeli territory by security forces.
“We don’t feel that today is a good day for a file a discrimination lawsuit. Royal is Canada’s
largest bank. JH
colorful festival," marcher Dalit Baum told The
Associated Press. "Gay pride should not just be a
carnival but a day of solidarity. We can’t oppress Compiled by R ex WOCKNER, who has reported
for the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor’s
the Palestinians and hope to celebrate here.”
Thousands of people, including Mayor Ron degree in journalism from Drake University and
Huldai, joined the parade on Ibn Gvirol and started his career as a radio reporter.
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