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Africa’s Constitution bans discrimi
nation based on sexual orientation.
T h e women obtained sperm from
an anonymous donor, and the fertil
ized ova from one woman were
implanted in the other woman. T he
Department o f Home Affairs had
refused to register both women as the
twins’ parents.
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outh A frica’s Treatm ent A ction
Campaign launched a civil dis
obedience campaign M arch 20 in
hopes o f forcing the government to Singer and actor Leslie Cheung jumped to his death
make A ID S drugs available for the
31 in Hong Kong
first tim e. A bout 110 protesters
marched to the Caledon Square police station
POLAND
and demanded that H ealth Minister M anto
he Polish gay organization Campaign Against
Tshabalala-M simang and Trade M inister A lec
Homophobia has launched a billboard cam
Erwin he arrested for culpable homicide.
paign showing same-sex couples holding hands
alongside the caption, “Let them see us!”
Cops agreed to open a case against the offi
cials, then arrested the demonstrators for stag
T h e billboards and posters went up in sev
ing an illegal gathering. T hey were released
eral cities, but not in Warsaw and Krakow,
with a warning to appear in court.
where they were banned by officials, according
to the French Press Agency. T h e campaign was
South A frica refuses to distribute H IV
drugs, saying that they are toxic and that H IV
created by photographer Karolina Bregula, who
may not be the cause o f A ID S. O n e in five
said she had a hard time finding models.
South A frican adults— about 5 million peo
“I had the idea for the campaign after a two-
ple— is HIV-positive.
year stay in Sw eden,” she said. "T here homo
Protesters continu ed th eir cam paign
sexual couples live freely, are part o f society. We
want to open people’s eyes— show that homo
M arch 25, chanting “M anto, shut up” as Tsha
balala-Msimang tried to address a public health
sexuals live just like they do, in their midst.
co n feren ce in C ap e Town. Tshabalala-
T h e people in the photos are mainly young
M sim ang and cam paign chairm an Zackie
people and students who are interested in
changing the current situation. T heir attitudes
A chm at got into a scuffle when Tshabalala-
Msimang tried to grab a copy o f a statement
regarding their own homosexuality gave them
A chm at insisted on reading to the conferees.
the ability to display it publicly despite the fact
that they still risk a lot doing so.”
Achmat eventually delivered the speech,
which accused Tshahalala-Msimang o f having
T h e cam paign received funding from
“deceived, misrepresented, delayed and denied for
Izahela Jaruga-Nowacka, the federal minister
too long.... We hope you will prove us wrong by
for the equal status of women and men.
making an unequivocal and irreversible commit
“It’s very gcxxl to live in a pluralistic stxiety
ment to anti-retroviral therapy," he said, accord
that respects everyone’s rights, tolerates various
ing to the South African Press Association.
lifestyles, religions and sexual orientations,” she
said. “Up to now, we have not yet had a public dis
More civil disobedience is planned in the
cussion on the topic of homosexuality in this soci
form of sit-ins, hunger strikes and illegal impor
ety; hence, we’re overrun with stereotypes and
tation and distribution o f A ID S drugs, cam
fears. We should get rid of our phobia of homosex
paign leaders said.
uals. Poland will soon join the European Union."
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inger and actor Leslie Cheung, known to
W estern gays for the 1997 film Happy
Together, committed suicide March 31 by jump
ing from Hong Kong’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
The 46-year-old left a note that read: “Depres
sion! Thank you to all my friends. Thank you to
Prof. Mike [his psychiatrist). This year has been
tough, I can’t stand it anymore. Thank you Mr. Tong
[his husband). Thank you to my family. Thank you
to fat sister. I have not done one single bad thing in
my life, why is it like that?"
T he Hong Kong daily newspaper The Stan -
dard said Cheung might have been having prob
lems with his partner, Daffy Tong. But Tong later
told reporters the situation wasn’t that simple.
“T here were problems in his career. Many
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total of 13 gay couples won $1,340 each
from the province of Alberta on March 25
because the health ministry refused to let them
pay family insurance premiums under the govern
ment health plan. Following an earlier ruling by
the provincial human rights commission, the cou
ples received refunds of the money they spent pay
ing premiums as individuals instead of as families.
But the commission did not award general
damages, so the couples filed an appeal that
ended with the $ 2 ,000 settlements. In the
meantime, A lberta’s Legislature extended the
rights, obligations and benefits o f common law
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ly, elected a gay
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May by 107 votes but chal
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declared the winner. “I will
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outh K orea’s N ation al Human Rights
Com mission ruled April 1 that gay W eb
sites should not be classified as harmful to kids.
T h e commission urged the National Com m is
sion on Youth Protection to remove gay sites
from its list o f dangerous sites.
South Korea blocks numerous gay W eb sites
under laws that also ban sites devoted to orgies,
incest, sadism, m astxhism , prostitution and
other sexual behaviors. T h e commission said
that governments around the world are coming
to see homosexuality as normal and that block
ing gay W eb sites infringes on constitutional
rights to happiness, equality and free expression.
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