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2 0 J k * 1 • janua/y IB. 2002 'mews V isualize T oup /nnw Bebautet W estover H eights C L I N I C Personal Image Design Hair & Wig Styling Specializing in Trans-Formation Professional Makeup Exp. with feature film & TV Fnendly Private Salon Offering general internal medicine and excelling in sexual health care (upísimos Serving the community for 17 yearo A ut v ¡ ertió Creations 2 3 3 0 N W F la n d e rs S u ite 2 0 7 503 503 226-6678 2 8 6 -7 0 0 0 - American Sign Language is the Third Most Used Language in the United States! If you ever wanted to learn how to sign, here's a great place to start! You Can Sign! ... w Learn A 5 L at your own pace with this seven-time award-winning videotape series. SAUDI ARABIA S audi Arabia executed three men Jan. 1 in the southwestern city of Ahha for engaging in “the extreme obscenity and ugly acts of homosex uality, marrying among themselves and molesting the young," the Saudi Press Agency reported. Officials said Ali bin Hittan bin S a ’id, Mohammad bin Suleyman bin Mohammad and Mohammad bin Khalil bin Abdullah violated Islamic teachings. “The execution of these three men is yet another gesture of defiance by the Saudi Arabian government of international standards which urge states not to impose the death penalty for offenses with no lethal conse quences,” Amnesty International commented. More than 100 people were executed in Saudi Arabia last year, including murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, robbers, gays and apos tates, according to reports. Last May, seven men were decapitated with swords in the Red Sea city of al-Kunfudah for gang-raping a man. In 2000, six men were beheaded in Ahha for allegedly engaging in sodomy, transvestism and “homosexual marriage" and raping youths after drugging them with sleeping pills. Also that year, three men from neighboring Yemen were behead ed in Jizan on charges of homosexuality, trans vestism, same-sex marriage and luring boys into sexual activity. To O rder: Call 1-80 0 -7 6 7 -4 4 6 1 TTY 1 -8 8 8 -2 8 3 -5 0 9 7 www.SignEnhancers.com JO Y Melbourne marches during Pride 2001 AUSTRALIA A That is my F IN A L ANSW ER Extraordinary Selection Designer commitment bands and rings from Tacori and Jeff Cooper. The world's most perfectly cut diamonds from Hearts for Eternity. James Giardino Your Downtown Jeweler with Pride Oregon’s Family Business of the Year ( 503 ) Parking valldafed for Alder Sfreet Garage or Smart Park 223-5051 539 SW Broadway www.Larog.com gay radio station that has broadcast off and on since 1993 under a series of temporary licenses was granted a permanent license Dec. 19 by the Australian Broadcasting Authority. JOY Melbourne, which is operated by 160 volunteers, will broadcast full time on 94.9 FM starting this month. “Full-time JOY is the best Christmas present that the government could have given our community,” station president Carol Wilkinson said. UKRAINE A ctivists celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the repeal of the natio*'’° — — in mid-December with a cultural conference titled "Our Rainbow." Supporters attended from Belarus, Moldava, the Netherlands, Russia, Swe den and the United States. Events took place at five venues around Kiev, includ ing the international press center, a bookstore cafe, a bar and a sauna, where men and women sat together to discuss gay culture, visibility and human rights. rerun its controversial instructional course “Bondage 4 Beginners,” the Pink Paper reported. The four-day class covers handcuffs, gags, rope tying and negotiating safer sex. “It helps men to make clear choices, and that gives us a better chance of halting the transmis sion of HIV,” spokesman Matthew Hodson said. “Self-esteem and assertiveness improve men’s abilities to negotiate safer sex.” When the course first was offered in 1998, Britain’s tabloid media had a field day, accusing Gay Men Fighting A ID S of spending tax dollars to teach homosexuality. The group also will be offering sadomasochism and smoking cessation classes this year. - 2 - À hill to grant some spousal rights to gay . ¿ V and unmarried straight couples will he debated «Jan. 25 in Britain’s House of Lords, the Telegraph reported. Authored by Liberal Democrat Anthony Lester, the measure would extend as-of-yet-unde- fined legal rights and obligations to officially reg istered couples. As a so-called Private Member’s Bill, the proposal is unlikely to become law unless the government throws its weight behind it. T p o lice in a town near Liverpool 1 are cracking down on men cruising for sex at the Gun Site pic nic area in North Wirral Coastal Park. The situation has gotten out of control because of Internet sites promoting the area, they said. “The Gun Site is a lovely beau ty spot and should he there to he enjoyed by all the people of Wirral, not by a minority who use it for seedy activities,” City Councilor Lesley Rennie said. “Many families go down to the area, and occasion ally children have been confronted by shocking scenes. It would he good to get some C C T V surveil lance up there. This activity needs to he stamped out for good.” ritish actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne died of a heart attack Dec. 26. He was 72. Hawthorne had been battling pancreatic cancer, hut recent chemotherapy treatments had been considered successful, according to British reports. He lived quietly in Hertford shire in a 15th century manor house with his lover, Trevor Bentham, according to the Guardian. Hawthorne was best known as civil ser vant Sir Humphrey Appleby in the television series Yes, Minister and for the film The M ad ness of King George. He won a Tony in 1991 for Shadowlands, an Olivier award and several UNITED KINGDOM B ritain’s Gay Men Fight Sir Nigel Hawthorne (left) co-starred with fellow gay actor Sir Ian ing AIDS group will McKellen in 1995’s Richard III
