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Sin ce then, the council has demanded proof
that no m em ber organization is soft on
pedophilia, which the association has been
unable to document to U .N . satisfaction.
1LGA— composed o f hundreds o f gay
organizations from around the globe— acquired
consultative status in July 1993, which allowed
it to observe meetings and conferences and pre
sent papers to U .N . human rights bodies.
“This is a sad day for human rights at the
United Nations,” said Kursad Kahramanoglu,
ILG A co-secretary general. “Governments who
have no interest in observing the fundamental
principles o f human rights have triumphed. T he
homophobic position o f so many countries only
emphasizes yet again the need for energetic and
effective campaigning around the world for the
rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered
persons. A fundamental human right has been
sacrificed at the altars o f Islam and Catholicism .”
“Our policy is zero tolerance for any of those
type of things,” Principal David Brent told the
London Free Press. “T his school is very tolerant;
we have a great community here. [Discrimina
tion] is not an issue most of the tim e.”
RUSSIA
bill to recriminalize gay sex was introduced
April 22 in the lower house of Russia’s parlia
ment, the Duma. The measure would punish “the
unnatural satisfaction of sexual desire of one male
with another male” with up to five years in prison.
T he bill’s authors say it will uphold morality,
reduce prostitution and pornography, protect
marriage and combat the spread o f sexually trans
mitted diseases. Russian legislators deleted the old
Soviet U nion’s ban on gay sex nine years ago.
Gays protested April 26 outside the Duma
wearing concentration camp attire and pink trian
gles. “All that’s left now to be completely in line
with Hitler’s ideas is to demand re-establishment of
the death penalty for homosexuals,” protester
Nikolai Kramov said.
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'h e International Lesbian & Gay Associa
irime Minister John Howard said April 19
tion denounced Austria for its discrimina
that kids are more fulfilled when they grow
tory age of consent law April 17. A rticle 209 of
the nation’s penal
code sets the legal
age for male-male
sex at 18, four
years higher than
for male-female or
female-female sex.
“It [is] the most
serious
human
rights
violation
against gay m en
not only in the
European U nion
but in the whole
of Europe,” ILG A -
Europe said. “Any
case coming to the
knowledge of the
authorities must
be officially prose
cuted [with] a Kurt Krickler is fighting to overturn Austria’s discriminatory age of consent law
minimum
sen
up with a mom and a dad rather than gay parents.
tence of six months in jail.”
“The evidence does suggest that children raised
Austria’s Constitutional Court is expected to
rule by June in a case challenging the legality o f in the environment of having both a mother and a
A rticle 209. “Austria is creating a huge credibil-
father are more likely to have happier, more ful-
ity problem for the European U nion, which is filled lives,” he said, failing to reference his data,
demanding the strict observance o f human
According to the Age newspaper, the government
rights by accession [former East Bloc] countries hopes to overturn a recent High Court ruling that
and putting the repeal o f any anti-homosexual
upheld access to fertility treatments for single
women and lesbians.
law provision as a precondition for admission to
the EU while Austria is allowed to continue its
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human rights violations against gay m en,” said
esponding to the
Kurt Krickler of Homosexual Initiative Vienna.
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ongoing priestly
pedophilia scandal, El
CANADA
Salvador’s C ath o lic
he justice minister o f Quebec says a gay
civil unions bill will be law by June. T h e
archbishop, Fernando
Saenz Lacalle, said
measure was “tabled” April 26 in the province’s
April 22 that gay men
N ational Assembly.
should be banned
Paul Bégin said same-sex couples who tie the
knot will have all rights and obligations of mat-
from the priesthood,
“There
is
an
rimony, such as access to adoption, insemina
exclamation mark on
tion technology and join t parenting— including
homosexual tendency
having their names on their child’s birth certifi
Fernando Saenz Lacalle
among those who
cate. “This is a historic event for gays and les
commit these crimes,”
bians, for their families and for all o f society,”
he said. “There must be a greater selection
said Irène Demczuk, Q uebec C oalition for the
[process]. It is advisable that people who have this
Recognition o f Sam e-Sex Spouses president.
[homosexual] tendency not enter seminaries.”
In the U nited States, estimates are that half
1 hree teens were suspended from school and
or more o f C atholic priests are gay. JT1
arrested for assault April 17 after beating up
Compiled by R ex WOCKNER, who has reported
a gay student in London, Ontario. T h e sus
for the gay press since 1985. H e has a bachelor’s
pects— two students and a former student—
attacked him after a dance April 12, punching ‘ degree in journalism from Drake University and
him and telling him they were going to kill him.
started his career as a radio reporter.
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