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22 J u s t Mat » march 1.2002 V i* 'mews Confidentially. EGYPT What did I do last night? Can you relate? Welcome to North Portland! You can pick up the latest Just Out at Beaterville,the Madrona Hill Bakery or Shanny's Tavern. F or more locations check out W W W . JU S T O U T . C O M f [90.7 PORTLAND] N E W S , P U B L I C A F F A I R S AND MUSIC THAT YOU WONfT HEAR ANYW HERE FOR ELSE. LISTEN TH IS WAY OUT AT 6 PM E V E R Y T U E S D A Y . ore than 6,000 Frenchmen, including many celebrities, signed an open let ter to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak protesting his government’s crackdown on gays. T he correspondence was handed over to the Egyptian Embassy on Feb. 8 in Paris by composer Jean-Michel Jarre, just ahead of the leader’s arrival in the city. Among the celebrity signers were actress Catherine Deneuve, former Manchester United ftxithall star Eric Cantona and direc tor Frederic Mitterrand, nephew of the late President François Mitterrand, according to Agence France-Presse. Egyptian authorities have been on the rampage against gays for several months, and more than 40 men have been sent to prison for up to five years. Most recently, a court in Boulak-al- Dakrour near Cairo convicted four men Feb. 3 of consensual homosexual behavior (“the habitual practice of debauchery”) and C ath e rin e D eneuve (right, w ith fellow qu eer icon jailed them for three years. David B ow ie in 1 9 8 3 ’s T h e H u n g e r) has com e to During a Feb. 9 meeting with Mubarak, the defense o f persecuted Egyptians French President Jacques Chirac expressed officials they were smoking crack and having sex “concern” about the crackdown and asked him whether releasing the men from prison would he in the toilet. They were not charged with a crime, because no drugs were found, hut were possible. "In the name o f the defense of freedoms deported hack to England. and the avowal of all forms of discrimination, the president expressed his deep emotion and worry,” his press secretary said. ritain is set to repeal several laws targeting Meanwhile, the International Gay and Lesbian gay men, the independent reported. Human Rights G un mission has denounced the Statutes will he dumped banning “gross inde governments of the United States and the Euro cency” between men, “soliciting for an immoral pean Union nations for ignoring the crackdown. purpose" and “buggery." Oscar Wilde was prose “As the arrests and draconian convictions of alleged cuted under the gross indecency homosexuals in Egypt intensify, statute, which prohibits men from, IGLH RC [calls upon| the Bush among other things, kissing each administration and the European other in public. Union to pressure Egypt’s govern ment to end the campaign of perse P O LA N D cution and to release the men now in prison,” the group said. he government unveiled gay partnership legislation CANADA Feh. 14- “We must adapt our law to the...European Union, where it is ^ ay couples now have to file illegal to discriminate against peo 2 joint tax returns if they’ve lived ple of different sexual orientations," and slept together for at least a year. said Parliament member Joanna T he Modernization of Benefits Sosnowska, the hill’s author. and Obligations A ct was passed in O scar Wilde 2000 and came into full effect for Gay advocate M arcin La- the 2001 tax year. According to komski called the proposal a “first step in the right direction.” But fellow activist Xtra!, couples who fail to declare their relation ship can he reassessed and ordered to pay hack Slawek Starosta said he doubts the hill will taxes and benefits along with interest. make it through Parliament. A spokesman for the nation’s C atholic hier archy called the measure “an attack against...marriage and the family.” Poland is 90 oronto’s Glad Day Btxtkshop has lost its percent Roman C atholic and hopes to join the challenge to the province of O ntario’s mandatory film review process. 15-member European U nion in 2003. T h e gay-themed store argued that the Meanwhile, Warsaw has seen an explosion $2.65-per-m inute fee for approving movies o f commercial gay life in recent months, with effectively bans sm aller projects whose five new clubs opening. T h e city also has two importers cannot justify the expense based on older establishments. anticipated video sales. Owner John Scythes called the requirement an unconstitutional S W E D EN violation of freedom of expression. he government has introduced legislation extending adoption rights to gay couples. But Ontario G xirt of Justice Judge Bruce Registered gay couples already have nearly Young convicted Glad Day of selling a video lack- ing an Ontario Film Review Board approval stick- every other marriage right in Sweden. “Many chil- er, saying it had no right to challenge a process it dren are already growing up in homosexual fami- had refused to participate in. The store could he lies, and this is about their rights," Social Derruv fined up to $62,800. cratic Parliament member Marianne Carlstrom Scythes plans to appeal. “We thought the told a press conference. judge would at least kx>k at the fee structure,’ he T he proposal should see a parliamentary vote told Xtra! before July and become law next year. Sweden’s gay registered partnership law came into force U N ITE D K IN G D O M Jan. 1, 1995, following in the footsteps of Lien- n American Airlines flight from London to mark in 1989 and Norway in 1993. 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