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Sol de Acapulco daily news
paper. The march ended
with speeches in the
state’s central plaza.
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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
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