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The protest ended when police dispersed the demonstrators. TURKEY urkey’s gay activist groups held their ninth national meeting from Oct. 26 to 29 in Istan bul to discuss “What Do Gays and Lesbians Want?” They denounced “obscure statements in laws such as ‘general morals’ and ‘shameful crimes’ [that] are used against us” and said anti-gay dis crimination in housing and employment is ram pant. “We are subject to humiliation, exclusion, threats and violence in the houses, streets, schools, workplaces, hospitals, public and pri vate institutions,” the conferees declared. They demanded that “sexual orientation" be added to the article of the nation’s constitution prohibiting discrimination. The attendees cited other ongoing problems: Lesbians who divorce their husbands are denied custody of their children; trans people regularly are beaten and murdered; sch(X)ls, the military and the medical profession are routinely hostile to gays; and the media treat trans people as freaks or sex objects and caricature gays. T AUSTRALIA t’s perfectly fine if people think he’s gay even though he’s not, Australian swimmer lan Thorpe says. “I think it’s because when 1 speak at engage ments I try to speak as well as 1 possibly can,” the Olympic gold medalist told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Nov. 17. “I try to be articulate, I don’t put on a slang, I don’t try and sound macho, with an Australian accent, just for the sake of having it. I have an interest in fashion, I have interests in things most people don’t label as being part of the macho male thing. It’s the most flattering thing that anyone can ever say [that I’m gay] because if someone wants to label you or claim you as part of a minority group, it means you must have some strength in your character or in what you do.” I C ''1 ay couples in the isolated state of Tasmania T will gain the right to register their relation ships and adopt children next year, the govern ment said Oct. 31. No other Australian state offers gay registered partnership, and only West Australia allows gay adoption. “If we consider adoptions are appropriate for heterosexuals, then it is appropriate for gays,” Low est refinance rates in years! 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The government introduced reforms into Parliament granting same-sex couples nearly every right of marriage that can be conferred on the state level, in areas such as health care, death benefits, workers’ com- pensation and superan nuation schemes, the Queensland Pride news paper reported. T he reforms also will ban discrimination against trans people and prohibit vilifica tion based on sexual orientation or gender identity'. “The sexuali ty of a person is simply Judy Jackson not a reason for them to be harassed or assaulted,” state Attorney General Rod Welford said. 10541 SE Cherry Blossom Dr., Portland (by Mall 205) Phone 503 274-9936 Fax 503 274-2660 KAREN M. 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SPAIN P artners of gay people in Spain’s paramilitary national police force, the Guardia Civil, now can live with them in barracks. The determination followed a request from an officer stationed in Palma de Mallorca in Spain’s Balearic Islands. He is now on medical leave to recover from “psychological problems” caused by media interest in his request, accord ing to the Spanish news wire service EFE. VIETNAM A total of 30 men in Ho Chi Mihn City were arrested and sent to an “education center” Nov. 6 for having sex in the sauna of a fitness center. “Such mass homosexual conduct breaches administration regulations and is harmful to social order," a police spokesman told news agencies. “We have sent them to an education school to warn them against further similar infringements.” JH Compiled by R ex WOCKNER, who has reported for the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Drake University and started his career as a radio reporter. 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