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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)
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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.”
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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.
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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
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increased secularization of morality and public
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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
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