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21 i’ll] ¡i s i n e w s For Natural Good Health this Year M ake an appointm ent at the B R A ZIL he Parliam ent of the Minas Gerais state passed a bill last m onth banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and guarantee ing same-sex couples the right to show affection in public w ithout being harassed. Those who violate the law face fines of up to $21,600. Businesses could be shut down, and public offi cials could he fired and barred ffom working for the government. The measure also creates a referral center for gay, lesbian, bi and trans people who experience discrimina tion and places a sexual minority rep resentative on the state Hum an Rights Council. Gov. Itamar Franco is expected to sign the bill into law. A t least three other Brazilian states— Bahia, M ato Grosso and Sergipe— and more than 80 cities also ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. O C O M Acupuncture & Herbal Clinic T E A S T TIM O R he C o n stitu en t Assembly of East Timor removed gay protec tions ffom the new nation’s draft con stitution Dec. 13, PortugalGay.PT reported. N orw ay has a gay finance minister, Per-Kristian Foss A total of 52 of its 88 members specif ically voted to exclude “sexual orientation” from N O R W AY an anti-discrim ination clause. Bias will he er-Kristian Foss, a longtime Conservative member of Parliament who publicly ac banned based on “color, race, gender, marital status, ethnic origin, economic or social status, knowledged he is gay in February 2000, has been beliefs or ideology, politics, religion, education named finance minister. T hat is the third-highest post in the govern and mental or physical condition?’ O ne member of the assembly, Joao Carras ment, after the minister of foreign affairs and the calao, called homosexuality “an illness” and “an prime minister. Foss, 51, came out during his campaign for the chairmanship of the C o n anomaly” and said protecting gays would create “social chaos." A nother member said the only servative Party’s Oslo branch, which he won. homosexuals in East Timor are foreigners. -c- The people of East Timor voted for indepen dence from Indonesia in 1999. In response, orwegian children raised by lesbians are not harmed in any way, University of according to EastTimor.com, “Indonesian-trained militia in the country were unleashed across the Tromstf researchers have found. These kids have no more problems than others in areas such as social skills, school achievem ent and general well-being, accord ing to the study. “T he results are somewhat sur prising in view of the negative attitude that still exists towards homosexuality in society,” said Margrethe Seeger Halvorsen, one of the researchers. the teaching clinic o f the Oregon College o f Oriental M edicine 10541 SE Cherry Blossom Dr., Portland (by Mall 205) rp . everything , INC. N N EW Z E A LA N D T eorgina Beyer, the world’s only transsexu- Jf al member of Parliament, took center stage at the Midsumma Gay and Lesbian Arts and Cultural Festival this m onth in M el bourne, Australia. “I get asked questions no other politician would ever have to answer,” the 44-year-old told the Age. “Regarding the surgery, you know, ‘Did it hurt?’ O r ‘W hen you have sex now as a woman, is it different to how you had sex as a man?’ Well, honey, obviously." 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C C H IN A 68-year-old businessman in Haikou, Hai nan, was sentenced to apologize and pay a 12-cent fine to each of three male co-workers he fondled and kissed, Xinhua reported Jan. 4. W ang G uang told the court he thought the men were gay. O ne plaintiff told the court his wife filed for divorce and threatened to have an abortion after the case became public knowledge. A Joao Carrascalao country— massacring civilians, cutting power and waterlines and burning 85 percent of the buildings in the country, including virtually all schools and nearly all businesses.” The nation is under U.N. protection, hut power will be handed over May 20. Members of the assembly were elected by voters in August. S P A IN he 14th International AIDS Conference is set for July 7 to 12 in Barcelona. 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