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nTTïïTnTTnews m IS R A EL bout 4,000 people marched in Jerusalem’s first Gay Pride parade June 7, police estimated. Some protesters turned out as well, most of them ultra-Orthodox Haredim. A few stink bombs were set off. The city government refused to help pay for the parade but was ordered by the High Court of Justice to hang flags and balloons from lamp- posts and to provide security. “Not an agora of city money is being spent on those sickos, and the logistical support is from private donations,” declared City Councilor Eli Smaheyof, Munici pal Finance Committee chairman. A S O U TH A F R IC A P eter Marais, premier of the Western Cape province, where Cape Town is located, quit May 31 amid multiple sexual harassment charges. He claims innocence, saying white women don’t understand that mixed-race people greet each other with kisses and hugs and accusing gay activists from another polit ical party of provoking them into making the allegations to retaliate for his homophobic statements. Two of the people pressing charges, however, are themselves biracial. Marais says he welcomes the chance to defend himself in court. their trial in Novem ber. Human rights activists, including Amnesty Interna tional, denounced the charges as fabri cated and accused Egyptian authorities of mounting an anti gay witch hunt. Since November, Egypt reportedly has imprisoned scores of other men for alleged homosexual conduct, and new arrests have been reported regularly. u x i n •' ai Mechanik Contemporary and antique furnishings for the modern and traditional home. ■that fix ■ everything» ¡Including! 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(503) 282-3315 G ER M A N Y N EW ZE A LA N D P rime Minister Helen Clark has issued a blanket apology to gay men and lesbians for the discrimination they have suffered at the hands of the government through the years. “It’s been disgraceful,” she told the gay news paper Express. “People have put up with the most appalling discrimination, stereotyping, people have been criminalized.” Clark offered “my personal apology...on behalf of the government.” TH E P H IL IP P IN E S O ne of the Philippines’ senior-most Catholic bishops has no problem with gay priests as long as they don’t have sex. “Homosexuality as an orientation is not sinful,” Sorsogon Bishop Jesus Varela said. In the wake of the ongoing child abuse scan dal, some U.S. bishops have called for a ban on gay priests even if they’re celibate. EGYPT he Federation of German Scout Organiza tions and the Union of German Girl Guide Associations denounced the Boy Scouts of America for its treatment of gays May 24. 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Another 15,000 officers are not openly gay, the associa tion estimates. “Funding was granted because LA GPA were able to show that they are contributing to the home secretary’s aims for the police service,” the Home Office said. “This funding will enable LA G PA to operate on an equal footing with other minority staff associations such as the National Black Police A ssocia tion and the British Association of Women Police.” The group will lobby for pension rights for same-sex couples and arrange events to support openly gay cops, leaders said. JF1 resident Hosni Mubarak has annulled the 1 convictions of 21 men sent to prison for “habitual practice of debauchery”— coded lan guage for gay sex. At the same time, he confirmed the convic tions of two other men jailed as a result of the Compiled by REX WOCKNER, who has reported for the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor’s degree same anti-gay sweep. 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