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m rm n ew s receive newly available gay-thcmed films before independent stores do. “The business model of the small gay and les bian Kxikstores has become outdated,” he told Fugues. “Gay and lesbian culture is now present everywhere and available in regular stores, and gay men and lesbians are not buying only gay products." N EW Z E A L A N D n openly gay member of Parliament will be given a Cabinet appointment, news agen cies reported Aug. 12. Chris Carter, who repre sents an Auckland district for the Labor Party, will be the first openly gay member of the feder al government Cabinet. “I’m looking forward to representing the diversity of New Zealand,” he told the New Zealand Press Agency. “I’d like to be defined by my efficiency, not my sexuality.” Fine installations of ceramic-marble granite slate-mosaic-pavers Vustom bath renovations since 1984 cch#l<r.LS2 A SO UTH A F R IC A ay bars in Johannesburg have seen a dra- 3 matic increase in patrons’ drinks being spiked with the date-rape dnig G H B in recent weeks, www.q.co.za reports. The drug also is known locally as “G , Li quid X, Liquid E, G H B and Gamma-oh,” the report said. The Web site urged readers to never leave their drinks unattended, to drink only from containers they saw being opened, to keep an eye on friends and to seek immediate med ical assistance at the first signs of having been drugged. 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A n the wake of a court ailing ordering Canada to let same-sex couples marry, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced Aug. 7 that a parlia mentary committee will hold national bearings on the issue. “It’s a social problem which needs attention at this time, and we want to have a committee to consult Canadians and experts," he said. “ 1 could decide tomorrow, but there is a pnxess in place. It’s an extremely complex issue.” The Justice Ministry is appealing the July 12 ail ing hy the Ontario Superi or Court, which said not letting same-sex couples marry violates the nation’s Charter of Rights and Free doms. A s matters stand now, the decision will become law July 12, 2004, if the federal Parliament has not legalized same-sex marriage hy that date. The ailing came in the case of two couples who Dutch queers celebrate Aug. 3 in Amsterdam wed at the gay Metropoli TH E N E T H E R L A N D S tan Community Church via the process of read O ome 75 boat-floats turned out for Amster- ing banns— asking in church on three Sundays if O dam’s annual Gay Pride parade Aug. 3 on anyone objects to the marriage, which is a legal way to marry in Ontario. They were given regu the city’s canals. Israeli and Palestinian gays entered a boat for lar marriage certificates hy pastor Brent Hawkes, the first time. Another float featured “Marlene hut provincial officials later refused to register Dietrich” in a black bodice and fishnet stockings the documents. accompanied hy studly men in top hats, tails and white gloves, Reuters reported. LEBAN O N lesbian couple have been arrested for prac SO UTH K O R E A ticing “unnatural sexual relations,” the everal groups have formed the umbrella Lebanese Daily Star reported Aug. 23. organization Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans They were caught in what the newspaper gender Korea, the Korea Times reported July 26. called "flagrante delicto ” when police broke into “The landscape surrounding the issue has their house to recover money and jewelry that changed so much over the last few years, hut the one of the women’s mothers had accused them movement has not. So we felt the need for a of stealing. Article 534 of Lebanon’s penal code turning point, with an emphasis on priorities,” punishes sexual relations “contradicting the secretary Kim Byung-suk said.' laws of nature” with up to a year in prison. Founding members include the gay groups Chingusai and Kirikiri and the Web sites U N ITED K IN G D O M Another Love and Safe Zone. South Korea omestic partners of gay and unmarried heavily censors gay Web sites. JP1 members of Britain’s Parliament are expected to receive free spousal travel vouchers between London and their home districts under Compiled by R ex W oc 'KNER , who has reported for the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor's degree new rules announced Aug. 16. Plans to extend in journalism from Drake University and started his the first-class benefits were unveiled hy the career as a radio reporter. speaker of the House of Commons. Gay Games VI — 7 77----- T 7 7 ----- m ----- TTT - 2 - new South African Web site lists allegedly homophobic public figures, institutions and companies, the SAPA news agency report ed Aug. 3. 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