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“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.
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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.
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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.
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