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Eight other parties are represented in Par liament with two to 23 seats each. Fortuyn stcxxl for reduced immigration (espe cially by Muslims, whose beliefs he believed to be in conflict with Dutch society), a crackdown on crime and attention to hospital waiting lists, train delays, education funding and other prob lems. Many media reports labeled him a right winger; in fact, he was not easily classified. He also could have been called a populist, a maver ick, an independent or a libertarian. Fortuyn was shot to death May 6, allegedly by an animal rights activist who was upset about his support for raising animals, such as mink, for their fur. The suspect, Volkert van der Graaf, 32, has not made any statement. Meanwhile, the man who is likely to become the next prime minister, Christian Democrat Jan Peter Balkenende, recently told reporters that gay marriage and euthanasia will remain legal even though he opposed them in the past. However, he would like to halt the sale of soft dnigs, such as marijuana, in the nation’s ubiquitous “coffeehouses.” resident Fernan do Henrique Cardoso unveiled a human rights pro gram May 14 that includes a proposal to recognize gay partnerships. “The state tries to meet the needs of society, which is more organized and aware of its rights each day,” he said. A fter announcing Fernant*° H enrique his plans, Cardoso Cardoso posed for photos waving the gay rainbow flag, according to a U nited Press International report. A U S TR A L IA ydney Catholic Archbishop George Pell denied communion to about 15 gay men and lesbians May 19. The group approached the altar wearing rain bow-colored sashes to protest the church’s anti-gay teachings. Another group of eight protesters from the Rainbow Sash movement was denied commu nion in Melbourne by Archbishop Denis Hart. S he state of New South Wales, where Sydney is located, is moving to treat gay axiples more like married peo ple, the Australian Associated Press reported May 22. A total of 23 statutes will he modified to remove gender references in laws concerned with crime and evidence, death benefits, pensions and other matters, the news service said. T G ER M A N Y ermany has wiped 1 clean the criminal records of 50,000 gays and 22,000 military deserters who were sent to concen tration camps by the Nazis. The May 17 move by the lower house of Parliament was opposed by the conser vative opposition, which argued that deserters’ cases should he considered indi vidually rather than erased via a general pardon. C R O A TIA he Zagreb gay group Iskorak and the lesbian group K ontra announced May 22 they will stage the n atio n ’s first Gay Pride parade June 29. They also demanded the ermany s most fam- , w , , . , I ne late C harlotte von M ahlsdort was governm ent legalize gay ous trans person, „ , , i , , | i j r Germ any s most famous trans person marriage and treat unmar Charlotte von Mahlsdort T ried gay couples the same as common-law het (Lothar Berfelde), died of a heart attack erosexual couples. A recent poll found that 66.2 April 30 in Berlin. She was 74. Von Mahlsdorf received the Federal Cross of percent of Croatians oppose gay marriage. H onor (Bundesverdienstkreuz), the natio n ’s R U S S IA highest civilian award, in 1992 for founding East T he youth group HS Association Gay- Berlin’s Grunderzeit Museum, which preserves Straight Alliance in St. Petersburg has launched furniture and household appliances made a protest action against the British Broadcasting between 1870 and 1900. Corp. World Service’s Russian-language divi “I am not at all keen on medals,” she said at sion, complaining it usually ignores gay issues the time. “But what I find even more important and, when it does cover them, reports them in a is that a homosexual, a transvestite, is honored homophobic fashion. in this way.... 1 hope this encourages other gays “The team of the BBC Russian service never and lesbians and demonstrates to heterosexuals covers gay equality problems in Russia and very that we, too, can achieve things.” rarely touches on these questions.. .in the rest of Von Mahlsdorf emigrated to Sweden in the world,” the organization said. “W hen they 1997 after the museum was attacked by anti- do it, nevertheless, it comes out to he at least gay hoodlums. She was on a visit to Berlin controversial if not homophobic.” when she died. T SW ED EN TA IW A N Y )arliam en t passed a law May 16 banning I anti-gay hate speech. The vote was 196-74 with 36 abstentions and 43 absences. Because the legislation will modify the nation’s constitution, the measure will not become law until after a second vote later this year. It will ban speech that threatens or con demns gay people. Violators will face up to two years in prison. lackmailers are preying on gay men who congregate at Sha Lun nude beach, the Taipei Times reported May 2. The paper said few of the incidents are reported to police. “T he victim is approached by a man while alone at the beach,” the report said. “After strik ing up a conversation— with the victim respond ing positively to the man’s friendly overtures— a group of three or four other men appear, threat- B
