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23 i’ [ i j M i i i n e <u ; s Jew el A . Robinson IN D IA B’Zillion $$$ Producer When the Texas Triangle asked Minnelli last month if she has “good gaydar,” she replied: “What? No! I’m terri ble. You’re talking to the girl who married Peter Allen.” T he International Gay & Les bian Human Rights Com mission says police in Bangalore are mistreating hijras and kothis. Hijras are people who are trans or have intersex condi tions— mostly men who under go castration. They are found gay janitorial manager at throughout South Asia. Kothis the British Broadcasting are men who have sex with men Corp. in Manchester, England, and see themselves as feminine. was fired March 26 for making IGLH RC cited instances of a sexual joke to a female co arbitrary arrest and torture as worker. Vincent Monks’ superi ors said he sexually harassed well as an apparent ban on hijra the unnamed woman in the meetings within the city limits. company bar when he said to Seven officers from the Com Vincent Monks her, “I could take you home mercial Street Police Station vis ited the sexual minorities resource center Sanga- and make passionate love to you.” ma and demanded it stop playing host to hijra “W hen I was told about the allegation 1 meetings March 17. They followed up March 31 was gobsmacked; it was unbelievable,” the by physically preventing hijras and kothis, as well 49-year-old told the M anchester Evening as some activists and others, from entering the Nevus. “T he whole incident was lighthearted banter, which somehow became an allegation premises, IGLHRC said. against me. To be told as a gay man that I am U N IT E D K IN G D O M being sacked for sexually harassing a woman is just ridiculous.” iza Minnelli says rumors her new husband is gay are false, London’s the Sun reported A U S T R A L IA March 30. The 56-year-old married David Gest, egislation passed the Parliament of the state 48, last month in New York City. of Western Australia on March 21 that “I know many of my husband’s ex-girlfriends who will agree that if every man was as good in grants same-sex couples marriage rights in areas bed as David, there would be a lot of happy such as adoption, in vitro fertilization, property women in the world,” the singer reportedly said. transfer, medical treatment, inheritance and “We moved in together one week after we met; death benefits. The legal age for gay sex also was that says it all.” lowered from 21 to 16. Asked what would be a good wedding pres- According to the Australian Associated ent for Minnelli this time around, singer Elton Press, the measures were “among the most John said, “A heterosexual husband,” according contentious pieces of legislation...in years, as to the Seattle Post-lntelligencer and M SN BC. pro-family groups held rallies and placed According to the New York Post, All My Chib newspaper advertisements suggesting the laws dren star Ruth Warrick told the U.S. tabloid would lead to men having sex with 13-year- newspaper the Globe: “If Liza was expecting pas- old boys.” The state’s largest city is Perth, sion with David on their wedding night, believe OFFICE (5 0 3 ) 2 81-4040 (5 0 3 ) 301-4283 e - mail Je w e l2 U @ te le p o rt.co m v o ic e mail A 1 Visit me now at: http://www.jewelrobinson.com Hr® 9 1730 N.E. 10th Avenue m Portland, OR 97212 Prudential NorHiwest Properties Don’t let your feet w alk all over you. 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Noel Chen, 28, and Yeo Wai-wai, 25, said that they have no intention of living together because they already have part ners— and that their mates plan to wed each other as well. “Our purpose is to challenge the ban on hous ing assistance, married per sons’ tax allowances and David Gest and Liza Minnelli talk to the media about their new adoption services to homo show Jan. 24 in London’s Dorchester Hotel sexual couples in Hong Kong,” Chen told Agence France-Presse. me, she’s still waiting. David’s been secretly into men, not women, for the entire 25 years I’ve N EW ZEA LA N D known him.” ew Zealand’s biggest gay event, the annual Warrick, 86, later denied making the state Hero parade in Auckland, was a shadow of its ment. “I have no knowledge of any affairs with former self March 24 because of money problems. men— not a whisper,” she told the Post. The crowd was smaller, there was just one Gest was quoted by ThisIsLondon.com as saying: “I guess [the gay rumor] sells papers. 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