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[Wirm October i^2Q01» F r e e HIV T e s t i n g options for killing gays: pushing them off a cliff or forcing them to jump from a tall building. Forcing them to lie in a hole in the ground while a wall is knocked down on them “was deemed closest to recommendations in the Had- diths, the apocryphal comments by Mohammed on A llah’s teachings,” the Post said. “But because many victims survived the punishment, the reclusive Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, decided a bulldozer would crush their bodies as well.” In 1999, the San Francisco Board of Supervi sors detailed at least six cases in which Afghan gays had been crushed purposefully by falling walls. S O U TH A F R IC A ' ays staged a protest inside the World Confer- J ence Against Racism on Sept. 5 in Durban. Among other things, they were upset about a vote excluding the International Lesbian and Gay Asstx:iation from participation in the gathering. Police moved the protesters from inside the Inter national Conference Center to the street outside. A n 1LGA spokesperson noted that the full name of the gathering was the World Confer ence Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and O ther Related Intolerances. Sexual orientation, she said, is certainly a “relat ed intolerance.” I LG A was excluded from the gathering by a 43-43 vote during an organizing session July 30 in Geneva. A total of 27 other nations abstained from the vote, and 80 were not present. C IDS is now the nation’s No. 1 killer, account ing for 40 percent o f all deaths among people between 15 and 49 years old, the Medical Research Council reported Sept. 16. One in nine South Africans is believed to be HIV-positive. A B ELA R U S as he relieved himself in a loo at Abbeyhill and London Road. “I only nipped into the toilet after I got off the bus for a quick pee,” James Ferguson said. “W hen I went inside there were about five young men hanging around. They behaved in a very aggres sive way towards me, and one said something about me being fresh meat. T he next thing 1 knew one of them had his hand on my bottom. I admit that I lost my temper, and I warned them to stay away. There was a bit of an argument. It turned nasty, and I ended up chasing one down the street to try and make a citizens arrest.... I’m sick of people like this hariging about.” Ferguson’s partner, Julie Stevens, said she and other mums from the area are complaining to police and officials and might picket cruisy loos. A cottaging “insider” told the newspaper that most of the men who cause trouble are mar ried to women. “They are often more problem atic than those who are openly gay, acting in a more aggressive way,” he said. R ock star Elton John will not fly on U .S. air lines unless an armed guard is on board and the cockpit has been sealed, Britain’s The Sun reported Sept. 15. T h e Sept. 11 terrorist attacks “will change the way we live our lives,” he said. “Flying won’t be the same. You’ll be looking over your shoul der all the time. It is evil and devastating. They should have armed guards on planes, and they should seal the cockpits. T h at’s the only way people will fly. I know 1 wouldn’t get on an American airline unless it had an armed guard.” John urged people who are angry about the attacks not to lash out at Muslims in general. “T h e worst thing that could happen would be a knee-jerk reaction against Muslim people around the world," he said. “Most o f them are peace-loving, hut you’ve got factions of crazy people who want this war in the name o f religion. They’re just scumbags. I don’t think there is a solu tion. It’s religious hatred.” bout 300 gay men and lesbians marched Sept. 7 in Minsk even though the 2000 parade, the nation’s first, was shut down by police. Organizers said they were allowed to proceed P O R TU G A L this year only because many I participant in Portugal’s Big foreign journalists were in J Brother 3 television reality show the capital city to cover the came out Sept. 4. Alexander Lukashenko T h e group was talking about signifi Sept. 9 presidential election. cant others, and contestant Ricardo said, “My T he parade ended with an hourlong rally in girlfriend is a boy.” Messages posted on the front of President Alexander Lukashenko’s resi Internet site www.tvi.iol.pt have been mostly dence. Activists from Western Europe who supportive of his revelation. planned to attend the Pride festivities were denied visas to enter Belarus, organizers said. “Ricardo is 24 years old, very straight-acting hut sweet at the same time,” PortugalGay.pt said. “He worked in a call center and shares an apart U N IT E D K IN G D O M ment with his boyfriend. 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