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trtru a y 21. — n O T ïïïïln e tu s J a il — ---- — ----------- ----- *------ ------------------------------— ------------------------------ :_______ —___ .___________ UNIQUE) our present state of sci entific knowledge we do not have any infallible ways of getting out of the condition,” he said. But Rudegeair was more optimistic. A hoy can turn gay, he said, if he has a had relation ship with his dad or is had at sports. “T h e scxiner these problems are addressed in thera py, the more hope there is for a full recovery,” he M elbourne Catholic A rchbishop Denis H art (left) upset gay activists claimed. by endorsing discredited U .S. psychologist Peter Rudegeair (right) Village Frame & Gallery Quality Custom Framing, Fine Art, ami Fersonalizetl Service '<>.< 24 > SOOI P O LA N D s it prepares to join the 15-nation Euro pean U nion, Poland is seeking promises that “no EU treaties or annexes to those treaties would hamper the Polish government in regu lating moral issues.” T he International Lesbian Gay Associa tion is not amused. “This is a blatant attem pt hy the Catholic C hurch to exclude Poland’s LGBT community from the anti-discrimination pro tections enshrined in EU law and from any future progress at the European level in recog nizing same-sex partners,” said Ailsa Spindler, ILGA-Europe executive director. I LG A-Europe hoard member Tatjana Greif of Slovenia added: “If Poland is successful, other accession countries may try to follow this example. We call upon the [European] Commission, mem bers of the European Parliament and member state governments to refuse any opt-out which would weaken the rights of Poland’s LGBT community.” A leaders. Peter Lankhorst led the Green Left party in the late 1980s, and Pirn Fortuyn led the Liv able Netherlands party for four months beginning in November 2001. He later formed his own party, Pirn Fortuyn’s List, which he led until he was assassinated May 6, 2002. • sas SU ( tipiliil //u \ •Open lii<\Sii(, \'HI(n;(liiuni’iiiiil(iiillir\ii>ni Le Meitour Gallery S O U TH A F R IC A he U .S.-based A ID S H ealthcare Foun dation filed a grievance Jan. ¿ 8 against G laxoSm ithK line because o f the prices it charges for HIV drugs. T h e com plaint to South A frica’s C om p etitio n Com m ission said the com pany has “a stranglehold on key A ID S drug p aten ts” and engages in “unfet tered m onopoly pricing on these life-saving m edications.” Because of this misbehavior, the foundation added, other drug makers should be allowed to produce generic versions of G laxo’s HIV phar maceuticals. Among the AIDS drugs it owns are AZT, 3TC and abacavir. U N IT E D K IN G D O M Although costs vary internationally, a three- ritain’s Gay and Lesbian Humanist Associa- drug anti-H IV combo often exceeds $12,000 a J tion is urging the European Union to resist year in places such as the United States, where pressure from religious organizations to insert an the government does not control pharmaceuti exhortation to God and an acknowledgment of cal pricing. Around 20 percent of South African Europe’s “religious heritage” in its new constitution. adults are HIV-positive. T he docum ent will extend to the union’s 15 member nations and, later, to those waiting IN T E R N A T IO N A L to join, including several fonner East Bloc .S. Health Secretary Tommy Thompson countries. A com m ittee is under pressure from was elected Jan. 31 as chairman of the the Vatican and elsewhere to include in the G eneva-based G lobal first article an acknow ledgm ent that G od is Fund to Fight AIDS, central to Europe and th at the union owes its Tuberculosis and Malaria. success to religion. The surprise announce “As far as homosexuals are concerned, the ment followed President Bush’s pledge in his State ‘heritage’ of religion in Europe throughout the centuries has been one of persecution," associa of the U nion address to ask tion secretary George Broadhead wrote in a let Congress for $10 billion in new funding to fight AIDS ter to the committee. “T he continued waning in overseas in the next five observance of religion in Europe has resulted in years, which is triple previ- -r t -. increased secularization of morality and public 7 , , _ ./ Iommy Inom pson ous U.S. spending. I ne life. This has been achieved by the will of the people through democratic means, and it is like United States is committed to the fight agaiast global AIDS and proud to partner with the ly to continue for the foreseeable future.” Global Fund, with our allies and with every man, woman and child on this planet as we seek to TH E N E TH E R L A N D S ay Dutch Member of Parliament Boris end this plague,” Thompson said. T h e former W isconsin governor was the J Dittrich was elected leader of the small, leftish Democraten 1966 party in late January. It target of aggressive protests at last sum m er’s holds six of Parliament’s 150 scats. In te rn a tio n a l A ID S C o n feren ce in Barcelona, Spain, where raucous dem onstra A total of 10 parties are represented in Parlia tors ch an ted , blew whistles and shouted, m ent, the largest com pletely drow ning out his speech to dele being the Christian gates. T hey accused the Bush adm inistration Democratic Appeal of failing to give its fair share to the G lobal (44 seats), Labor Party (42 seats) and Fund, shortchanging the U.S. A ID S Drug A ssistance Program , blocking needle People’s Party for exchanges, attacking science-based preven Freedom and D em o tion programs and overemphasizing the u n cracy (28 seats). T he other parties realistic prom otion o f abstinence. J H have fewer than 10 seats each. Compiled by R ex WOCKNER, who has reported for the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor's Two other Dutch degree m journalism from Drake University and political parties have started his career as a radio reporter. elected openly gay T The only museum where you get to take the treasures home. 7814 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland • 503/246-3631 I C Beyond Borden fairly Traded Handcraft and Organic Coffee 7780-B W (apirol Hwy. In Multnomah Village W W W OPEK TUESOAT SUNDAY kymd Mrtm, ttv cufh Mrtffliç ftm if TI k hrxkrr teKty Inrmunoul Inc. 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