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i’ítj januaryl7.20Qi* ¡mews 21 Elise Campbell, g r i , abr “His well-designed Web site invites fans to really get to know him, by perusing his stage and screen work of the past five decades and by commu nicating directly with him via e-mail— which he actually answers, in a section called E-Post," the news paper said. McKellen plays Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films. i 4 f ay Britain is on the verge of a V J? historic breakthrough," jour nalist Colin Richardson wrote in the Sir Ian McKellen sends personal responses to fans who Dec. 27 Guardian. “Equality before e-mail his Web site the law is at last within our grasp.” said. “Most heterosexual people have learned to In recent months gays won equal rights in become more sensitive and develop subtle ways adoption and tenancy law, the Crown Prosecution Service anneutneed a crackdown on homophobic in dealing with homosexual people without being patronizing.” crimes, and the lord chancellor appointed Adrian Fulford as the first openly gay high court judge. - 5 - This year several gay sex “crimes” will be wiped angkok police raided the Babylon Sauna Bar from the lawlxx)ks, work will begin on a national civil partnership registry, and a bill to ban discrim racks in the Thung Maha Mek neighborhood Dec. 27 and drug-tested all 207 patrons; 20 of ination based on sexual orientation will take form. them— all foreign tourists— tested positive. The “All that will be left," Richardson said, “will raid was led by Thai Deputy Interior Minister be Section 28, the measure that prohibits local Pracha Maleenond, the Bangkok Post reported. authorities from ‘promoting homosexuality.’ ’’ Operators were charged with running an CANADA unlicensed hotel. T he facility contains sauna nxims, a swimming pool, a restaurant and four olice in Ottawa have filed 35 charges against fltxirs of hotel rooms. a man they said met men on the Cruiseline The incident followed a Nov. 22 raid at the phone-sex service, then went to their houses and gay bar Pharaoh in the Sapan Kwai neighbor- robbed them. Lawrence Pigeon, 37, faces counts hcxxl. About 300 officers from the Crime Sup of robbery, being unlawfully in a dwelling, pression Division anested the owner, several forcible entry, forcible confinement, assault caus employees and about 100 underwear-clad cus ing bodily harm, mischief, extortion, possession tomers on charges related to “lewd shows” that of a dangerous weapon and break-and-enter, the Ottawa Citizen newspaper reported. were taking place. “There is always a possibility there are preda UNITED KINGDOM tory people in chat rooms,” said C ynthia y ride Scotland, unable to pay creditors an esti Couse ns, chairwoman of the Ottawa police liai mated $96,000, was put into voluntary liqui son committee for lesbian, gay, bi and trans dation in late December, Glasgows The Herald communities. She recommended that people reported Jan. 3. The 7-year-old parade and festi who hook up via the Internet or phone-sex serv val alternated between Glasgow and Edinburgh. ices should meet new acquaintances in public and take a friend along with them. The 2002 events suffered from infighting, bad weather and a switch from free to paid admission, The Herald said. Fewer than 3,000 new survey of Canadians found that about tickets were sold. half support legalization of gay maniage, gay Gay leaders lamented the news, hut Neil adoption and marijuana use. Strategic Council Baxter, founder of Glasgow’s Festival of Love, pollsters questioned 1,400 people for Can West had a different take. “Much of the enthusiasm Global Gimmunications and Maclean's magazine. that fueled the early Pride marches and events has inevitably dwindled because the acceptance INDIA that everyone was fighting for has substantially ndian fashion de been achieved,” he told the newspaper. signer Wendell Scotland is not the only place with Pride prob lems. New Zealand’s big Hero Parade went under Rodricks tied the l;tst August, as did Sydney, Australia’s famous gay knot with his French Jerome, Mardi Gras parade, which later was rescued by partner, other organizations. London’s gay Mardi Gras festi Dec. 30 in Goa. val was reported to be $628,000 in debt last August. The couple were united by a French government consular official under France’s II new staff of Britain’s National Health civil unions law, Wendell Rodricks f i . Service whose jobs involve invasive pnx:e- dures that might expose a patient to a worker’s according to Planet- blixxJ must test negative for HIV as well as Out. Other reports said some of India’s biggest celebrities attended the wedding. hepatitis B and C, the government said Jan. 2. Such exposures could occur in, among other CHINA areas, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, dentistry '* hina will began making generic versions of and midwifery. "These new measures, based on ✓ AIDS drugs this month and will sell them for expert advice, are designed to improve protec tion for patients still further by extending exist a 10th of the price of brand-name drugs, Health ing health checks," said Pat Trix>p, the agency’s Minister Zhang Wenkang said Dec. 27. Officially, about 1 million people nationwide have been deputy chief medical officer. infected with HI-V, mostly from sharing needles and via unsanitary blood-collection services. J H ans who visit British gay actor Sir Ian Mc Kellen’s Internet site, www.mckellcn.com, Complied by R ex WOCKNER , who has reported and send him an e-mail likely will receive a per for the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Drake University and sonal response, Toronto’s The Star reported Jan. 5. started his career as a radio reporter. P Real Estate Broker, Million Dollar Club It'S Service is the Key.. y that S im p le ! Call Today! 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