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justices said that because the privileges granted by
the partnership statute are not identical to those of
marriage, it does not contravene the constitution.
The law grants registered gay couples marriage
rights and obligations in areas such as inheritance,
health insurance, immigration, name changes and
alimony. It withholds privileges including adop
tion, taxation, pensions and social welfare benefits.
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he World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisex
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65 delegates showed up. The turnout was “bet
ter than we expected” given the city’s increased
terrorist activity, president Scott Gansl told the
H aaretz daily newspaper.
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he Australian Fcxithall League is upset about
a Web site for gay fans that posted allegedly
doctored nude and seminude photos of some play
ers, the Herald Sun reported July 17. One victim,
Port Adelaide team captain Matthew Primus,
insisted a full-frontal shot is not actually him.
“We are quite shocked that this can hap
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certainly be talking to our legal representatives.”
The site also shows Justin Murphy, when he
played for the Geelong team, in a compromising
position with fake genitals superimposed, the
Herald Sun said. It features numerous photos of
other AFL players.
A report in the Australian said a second group
of players is upset that shirtless photos of them
appear on the site. Most of the pictures appear to
be from swimming sessions or were lifted from AFL
beefcake calendars, according to the newspaper.
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he Australian Defense Force acknowledged
July 19 that it has discharged eight soldiers
since 1995 for testing HIV-positive, the Herald
Sun reported. The Full Court of the Federal
Court approved such dismissals in 1998, saying
their blcxxl can be dangerous to others.
Military applicants who test positive auto
matically arc rejected, a spokeswoman told the
newspaper. People already serving only are test
ed if they seem to be at risk for HIV or show
signs of AIDS, when they donate blood, when
they return from deployment in high-risk areas
or when they are going to a country where
immigration laws require testing.
However, all pilots are automatically tested
yearly, the Herald Sun report said.
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19-year-old man in Vietnam who discovered
that the girl he had been flirting with online
was really a 14-year-old hoy killed the youth July 14.
Tran Q ikx Dung was arrested for stabbing Nguyen
Bui Linh outside an Internet cafe in Vinh City in
the Nghe An province, Agence France-Presse said.
GERM ANY
he Constitutional Court upheld July 17 the
nations gay partnership law, which had
been challenged by three conservative states.
About 4,500 couples have gotten hitched since
the statute took effect Aug. 1, 2001.
Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia claimed the
law makes gay partnerships equal to marriage in
violation of the constitution, which grants special
protection to marriage. But, in a 5-3 decision, the
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he Serbian gay magazine Boyfriend continues
to be stonewalled in its quest for government
registration. The foot-dragging persists despite a
Supreme Court lawsuit on the matter filed by the
Yugoslav Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights.
“On July 4, 2002, [the committee] found out
that after seven months the suit is still in the
reception department,” spokesman Zarko Petro-
vic said. “That is long even for the slow Serbian
judiciary. [The committee! will submit a com
plaint to the president of the Supreme Court.”
Boyfriend needs the registration document to
avoid being double-taxed on sales of the maga
zine, among other reasons.
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r | he St. Petersburg gay group Association HS
£ has produced the city’s first gay map. “We
believe that such edition will not only help struc
turing and delivering information about gay venues
but will also assist the gay community of the city
with its unification, will be its ‘coming out’ and
‘equality demand’ and will help us all in growing
tolerance in the Russian society,” editors stated.
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overnment censors
have ordered film
maker Ashoka Handa-
gama to delete scenes
from his new movie if he
wants it to be screened
in Sri Lanka.
Flying with One Wing
is based on the true story
of a trans person who was
jailed without charges last
year when the parents of
his female partner discovered he was not biologi
cally male. Handagama has refused to alter the
film and says he will pursue the matter in court.
IR E LA N D
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idan Gillen, who played advertising execu
tive Stuart in the British Queer as Folk,
appeared July 18 in Dublin court on charges of
refusing to pay a taxi fare, being drunk and abu
sive, and declining to give police his name.
Documents do not speculate on the reason
for the actor’s alleged behavior. He was
remanded on hail to reappear Sept. 12 at
Dublin District Court.
TH E N E TH E R L A N D S
he body of Pirn Fortuyn was laid to rest
July 21 in a huge white marble tomb near
his summer home in Provesano di San Giorgio,
Italy. The Dutch gay politician, who headed an
upstart populist party and might have become
prime minister, wanted to be buried there.
He was shot to death May 6, allegedly by a
left-wing activist who might have been upset at
Fortuyn’s support for raising animals such as
mink for their fur. The suspect has made no
statements to police.
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