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20, 2002 » PTTïïïïTnnews “I believe our inmates that 1 know of are all heterosex ual people, and I haven’t heard of any same-sex rela tions to date, so if we did see any, condoms could he readily available,” Premier Paul Okalik said. AIDS activists re sponded by pointing out that Nunavut likely does have gay prisoners and that straight men often have sex with each other Paul Okalik in gender-segregated envi ronments. N unavut was created in a split from the Northwest Territories in 1999. C O L O M B IA c 'I ay tourism to Am sterdam has 1 dropped at least 35 percent in the past five years because the city has become too bourgeois, square, frumpy, orderly and calm, Gay Business Am sterdam said Nov. 24. T he group told the French Press Agency that visitors now prefer Berlin, London, Paris and Barcelona, Spain. Tourist officials need to go beyond pro moting tulips and windmills if they want gay people to return, spokesman Siep de Haan said. “They should try to present more of the sex, drugs and rock ’n ’ roll image.” U N IT E D K IN G D O M Multnomah Antiques I H i | Living By The Garden For The Holidays 1829 M Alberta Ph ( 50 . 1 ) 287-4144 Dining Sets C h in a - S ilv er - G lass T a b le L in e n s M on-Sat 10-5:30 Sun 12-4 1 1 -6 W ed -S at 1 1 -4 S un 7764 SW C apitol Hwy. espite having done so as a regional arch bishop, the incoming Archbishop of C an terbury no longer will ordain sexually active gay people, according to the Church Times. Anglican Church policy prohibits such ordinations, and Rowan Williams has faced aggressive criticism for his previous actions since being selected. “T he church has made its views clear on this,” he said Nov. 28. “I don’t think I would [ordain] at the moment. It is never at the end of the day the D vote is expected shortly on a gay partner ship bill in Colombia’s Senate. Several prominent politicians and conserva tive public figures, including former President Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala, have denounced the measure. A full-page ad in the daily El Espectador newspaper said passage of the bill would increase the number of AIDS cases by condoning unnatural homosexual coupling and lead to the downfall of society, as in ancient Rome. “The ad was so pre posterous... that the general reaction among the public...and jour nalists has been very Nuevo Proyecto de Ley cursa supportive” of the bill, said Andres Duquc, a en el Senado contra la familia, New Yorker who hails el matrimonio y la naturaleza humana. from Colombia and is assisting activists there. “I’ve tried to get sup A full-page ad in the daily El Espectador newspaper denounced porting statem ents Colombia’s gay partnership bill from Colombian stars sole decision of the bishop.... It becomes a mat such as Shakira, Juanes and Carlos Vives, but ter not just of my personal view but for the dis their managers are telling them to stay mum.” cernment of the church, [but] I would like the church not to stop thinking about the question.” wo lesbians jailed in separate Colombian prisons were granted conjugal visitation rights Nov. 21 in Manizales. l ritain’s Crown Prosecution Service an B I nounced Nov. 28 that it will begin aggres Marta Alvarez had been fighting for visits sive prosecution of homophobic and trans- with her lover since 1998. In his ruling, a local phobic crimes. These are “particularly serious judge said not letting the women visit each because they are motivated by prejudice, dis other violated their rights to equality, privacy crimination and hate and undermine people’s and free development of their personalities, right to feel safe in their sexual orientation and according to the International Gay & Lesbian gender,” the agency said. Human Rights Commission. The crimes are defined as “any incident which is perceived to be homophobic or transphobic by T H E N E TH E R L A N D S he man accused of killing Dutch gay politi the victim or any other person.” A recent British survey found that 38 percent of sexual minority cian Pirn Fortuyn confessed Nov. 23. people experienced at least one homophobic Volkert van der Graaf, an anim al rights incident in the previous 12 months. activist, told police Fortuyn was a m enace to society because o f his a n ti-im m ig ra tio n B E L G IU M stance and prejudice against Muslims, who elgium’s Senate approved what news agen Fortuyn believed have n o t integrated into cies called “gay marriage” Nov. 27 by a vote D utch society. Fortuyn, w ho m ight have had of 46-15 with four abstentions. The bill now enough support to become prim e minister, moves to the lower house. headed the new party Pirn Fortuyn’s List, The legislation reportedly does not include which snagged 26 o f Parliam ent’s 150 seats adoption rights or joint parental rights, making nine days after the May 6 assassination, com Belgium’s proposal similar to the registered part ing in second behind the C hristian D em o nership and civil union laws that have been crats, who won 43 seats. enacted in numerous European nations. Only In addition to stemming immigration, the the Netherlands lets gay people— including for party stood for a crackdown on crime and increased attention to problem areas such as eign residents— get married under the same laws as opposite-sex couples. JH hospital waiting lists, train delays and education funding. 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