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1 u Continued from Page 23 S I B T / ! * In iti m * j inali * ! o ' i l t m l tf / h i m y >/« / i traujhl !o ! he Sol de Acapulco daily news paper. The march ended with speeches in the state’s central plaza. -©- askatchewan gays won their fight to have Pride Day proclaimed and the gay flag hoisted over mperial Courts across the Legislature. the United States and Canada donated $10,000 Premier Lome Calvert to four Tijuana A ID S also issued a written apolo groups in early June. gy to the queer communi The money went to ty. The Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Pride Committee AIDS Project Tijuana, the Acosida AIDS clinic, Casa of Regina and the Saska Hogar Las Memorias and toon Pride Committee Procabi. San Diego activist had filed a complaint Nicole Murray Ramirez against the province with presented the funds in con the Saskatchewan Human junction with Tijuana’s Rights Commission alleg eighth Gay Pride parade. ing discrimination based The court system has on sexual orientation. chapters in more than 70 Calvert wrote: “I wish North American cities. to acknowledge the gov Much of this year’s Tijuana ernments regret for the cir Saskatchewan Premier Lom e Calvert funding came from Port cumstances that led to the apologized for the province’s prevention land; Eugene; Boston; San original 2000 proclamation of a Pride proclamation in 2000 Antonio; Reno, Nev.; San being denied. On behalf of the government of Saskatchewan, I apologize for Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Orange Coun ty and Oakland, Calif.; Toronto; and Surrey, the treatment you received in June 2000 and ask British Columbia. that you extend our regrets and apology to your families and friends.” ZIMBABWE The province also gave each Pride committee ritish gay activist Peter Tatchell flew to $ 1,613 to he used for anti-homophobia programs. Rome to harass anti-gay Zimbabwean Pres ident Robert Mugabe. Tatchell raised a ruckus outside the Zimbab ew regulations will allow Canadian gays to bring a foreign partner to Canada perma wean Embassy between midnight and 1 a.m. nently as long as they’ve been “conjugal part June 13. He banged on the doors, slammed the heavy knockers, rang the emergency night ners” for one year. buzzer and shouted at the windows. Previously, a gay couple had to have lived “You will get no sleep as long as you continue together for one year— a difficult assignment to murder, torture and maim your own people,” when they were stuck in different nations. "This is a major breakthrough, in what only a Tatchell yelled. “One day you will be arrested and few short months ago appeared to he an insur put on trial just like Slobodan Milosevic.” Tatchell said later, “It is wrong that he can mountable impasse," said John Fisher of the federal lobby group Equality for Gays and Les come to Italy in defiance of the (European Union] travel ban and do what he likes with impunity.” He bians Everywhere. was joined in the noise making by Grace Kwinjeh, the E.U. representative for the Zimbabwean oppo sition, the Movement for Democratic Change. ay Toronto City Councilor Kyle Rae They left when it looked like Mugabe’s Jf libeled seven officers when he called them “rogue cops,” “goons,” “renegades” and "cow bodyguards were preparing to come outside. boys,” a jury ruled June 20. He made the remarks Tatchell was beaten by Mugabe’s bodyguards during a past protest. after police raided a womens Pussy Palace night Mugabe was in Rome ostensibly to at a gay bathhouse. attend the U.N. Food Conference. The jury called Rae’s comments “There is no point the E.U. agree “malicious” and fined him $110,000, ing to a travel ban if Mugabe is free which will be paid by an insurance to evade it by using the excuse that policy. All charges against the Pussy he is attending a U .N . conference,” Palace organizers were dropped after Tatchell said. "H e is almost certainly a judge found that using male officers exploiting the U .N . to indulge his for the raid constituted an “unreason penchant for fine restaurants and able search” that contravened the luxury shopping.... Mugabe should Canadian Charter of Rights and , _ be arrested rather than being feted Freedoms. K * le by the U .N .” The E.U. imposed a visa ban on Mugabe and MEXICO 19 of his top officials Feb. 18 because of mis he Mexican state of Guerrero, where Aca treatment of observers sent to monitor Zimbab pulco is located, saw its first Gay Pride parade we’s presidential election. The United States June 13. About 300 people marched through the main streets of the capital city, Chilpancingo, as followed suit Feb. 22, citing a campaign “marred by political violence and intimidation.” thousands watched from the sidelines. Mugabe has said of gays: “What an abomina Organizers had expected only 50 partici tion, a rottenness of culmre, real decadence of cul pants. The marchers carried signs decrying ture. (Homosexuals are) repugnant to my human about 15 anti-gay murders that remain unsolved and urging state and federal politicians to pass conscience...immoral and repulsive.... Animals in the jungle are better than these people because at legislation mandating equality. least they know that this is a man or a woman.... I They chanted, “Behind the balconies, there don’t believe they have any rights at all.” JT1 are faggots, behind the Venetian blinds, there are more lesbians." They also poked fun at Mex ican President Vincente Fox, chanting, “Vin Compiled by R ex WOCKNER, who has reported for the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor’s • cente in his boots also seems to be a fag." degree m journalism from Drake University and Spectators "threw hurrahs (and) kisses and started his career as a radio reporter. applauded,” according to a glowing report in the N i m u l t i SSL J /> U S P F r / / hull ¡ i . / ! K l i l l K / <>tf . 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