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22 iJ m t M il. * aprii 5. 2002 i’iuíH'inews The Fantasy Creature Store G ^ s Jrom myth and legend Dragons - Gargoyles - Fairies Jewelry - Incense - Celtic 3106-B NE 64th Near the corner of 64 th & Sandy Blvd next to It's My Pleasure 503-241-8888 Thurs 12-6 • Frl 12-6 • Sat 12-7 • Sun 12-5 When an ordinary R ealtor sim ply w on’t do... 3144 SE Belmont Portland, OR 97214 office: 503-238-7617 A U S T R A L IA senator who accused \ openly gay High Giurt judge Michael Kirby of using government cars to trawl for young male prostitutes resigned March 18 as Prime Minister John Howards parliamentary secretary after a document on which his allegations were based was revealed to he fake. Bill Heffeman had sent New South W ales state police a copy o f a travel record in connection with his claims. Kirhy, thought to he the world’s only openly gay Michael Kirby justice of a court of final appeal, had denounced the Liberals charges as homophobic, false and absurd. After the resignation, the judge said: “1 accept Sen. Heffeman s apology and reach out my hand in a spirit of reconciliation. 1 hope that my ordeal will show the wrongs that hate of homosexuals can lead to. Out of this sorry episode, Australians should emerge with a heightened respect for the dignity of all minorities.” In asking the member of Parliament to step down, Howard commented, “1 would hope that this incident does not in any way affect the per formance of [Kirby’s] duties, and Í would point out that at no stage have 1 expressed any view to the effect that he is not fit to continue as a member of the High G xirt bench.’’ Some Australian media reported that the fake document was given to Heffeman by the prime ministers personal driver. CHILE T he owner of the nation’s largest soccer team, Universidad de Chile FC, says he won’t allow any gay players. Rene Orozco only wants “real men who are hairy, smelly and tough.” “I don’t want to get into trouble with the gays, but I must say a gay league would need dif ferent mies,” he said. “You wouldn’t want too much tight marking, for example.” Gay groups have picketed Orozco’s office. Activist Rolando Jiménez told Ananova.com he is a “homophobic and ignorant troglodyte.” CANADA total of 15 students at Cedar Secondary School in Nanaimo, British Gdum bia, walked out of class March 14 in protest because officials are letting a teen-age boy who is prepar ing for a sex-change operation use the girl’s bathroom. District superintendent Carola Lane told reporters the pupil has medical authoriza tion to dress and live as a female. A n unnamed gay student at Monsignor John Pereyma Catholic Secondary School in Oshawa, G rtario, has been told he can’t take his boyfriend to the prom because gay sex is a sin. The teen-ager is threatening to file suit against the Durham Catholic District School Board with the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Sun reported March 21. “I'm’trying to speed up the prcKess of equality because I’m sick of being treated like someone absent of feeling and emo tion,” the student wrote in an open letter to his principal. A Thirtieth • i 9 7 i -2001 • Anniversary U N IT E D K IN G D O M Downtown Portland Portland Airport 503.284.9929 901 SW Yamhill 503.223.9510 www. therealmothergoose. com Washington Square 503.620.2243 ritain’sGmscrvative Party is fielding a transsexual candidate for Haringey G xin - cil in the Bruce Grove ward of Tottenham, a racially diverse sector of London, ThisIsLon- don.com reported March 14. B Rebecca Baty Rebecca Baty, a staunch T h atch erite, underwent a sex-change operation 10 years ago. “I’ve always been a liber tarian, and I believe Margaret T hatcher represented a classi cally libertarian point of view,” she told reporters. r is suing the A ' i transsexual British government be \ . fore the European Court of Human Rights because she can’t collect her pension at age 60 like other women. Tire National Insurance agency told Christine Gcxxl- win she is actually a man, so she will have to wait until she is 65. A former bus driver, she under went sex reassignment surgery in 1990. Most of the 41 member nations of the Coun cil of Europe recognize a sex change as legally valid. Only the U nited Kingdom, Ireland, Andorra and Albania do not. -> r.ti ritish pop music 1. / star sta W ill Young came out March 10. “I’m sure this will not come as a surprise to many people, although I’ve always beerf discreet and I’m not a campaigner when it comes to my Will Young sexuality,” the 23-year- old told the News o f the World. “My family and friends have known ever since I have.” Young’s "Anyth ing Is Possible”/"Evergrccn” was released Feb. 25 and went straight to No. 1, becom ing the fastest-selling debut single in U.K. history. In June, he will perform at Buckingham Palace with Elton John, Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney to mark Queen Elizabeth’s golden jubilee. A court in Glasgow, Scotland, granted full parental rights and responsibilities March 7 to a gay sperm donor who fathered a lesbian couple’s child. Sheriff Laura Duncan said the women did not constitute a legal “family unit.” T h e couple opposed the father’s desire ter have regular involvement in the child’s life. A spokesman for the Edinburgh gay lobby group Equality Network commented, “I wel come that the sheriff has made it clear that in the case of the father here, the fact that he is gay doesn’t stop him from getting full parental responsibilities...but the law needs to be clari fied to protect the relationship between the child and the lesbian partner of a mother.” TH E N E T H E R L A N D S P arties loyal to gay Dutch political figure Pirn Fortuyn, who is campaigning on an anti immigration platform, are expected to capture the sec ond-largest number of seats in May’s elections. A new survey indicates his allies will grab 29 of Parlia ment’s 150 seats, more than the W D and D66 parties, which, along with the PvdA Labor party, make up the coali tion government. T he opposi tion Christian Democrats also are forecast to win 29 seats. Fortuyn and his followers are particularly upset about the anti-gay and conservative
