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IWTïm n e w s In related news, the European Parliament called on Egyptian authorities April 10 to stop persecuting gays and to prohibit dis crimination based on sexu al orientation. T he resolu tion noted that the Associ ation Agreement between Egypt and the European Union includes a human rights clause. Members of the European Parliament urged that the human rights situation in Egypt he placed on the agenda of their next meeting with Egyptian parliamentarians. LINNTON FEED & SEED. NOT THE m a l l . ¿ -¡I W 10920 NW St. Helens Rd Portland, OR 97231 Phone: 503.286.1291 " 1 ^ Mention & J u st Out ^ for 10% discount Phone 5 0 3 2 74-9936 KAREN M. SWEK3ERT, M0 Odo tétrico and Gynecology Fax * 5 0 3 27 4 -2 6 6 0 1130 N.W. 22nd, Suite 320, Portland, OR 97210 B E L G IU M I he first same-sex mar- ! riages in Belgium probably will take place June 16. Belgium is the sec U .S. Rep. Barney Frank is putting increased pressure on Egypt ond country, after the to stop persecuting gays Netherlands, to let gays get EGYPT married just like straight people do, under the *"1 ay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank is stepping up regular marriage laws. I his campaign against Egypt’s recent treat The measure passed the House of Represen ment of gays. Citing a “sustained, blatant and tatives on Jan. 30 by a vote of 91-22. Built-in increasingly brutal crackdown against gay delays— the king had to sign the law, it had to he “published,” then a three-month waiting period men,” he urged organizations April 14 to start lobbying Congress against the Arab nation. began— place the law’s starting date at June 1. Frank also accused Egypt’s U .S. ambassador, Then there is a 14-day waiting period Nabil Fahmy, o f lying last year when he said between applying for a marriage license and the nation was not persecuting gay men. “His being allowed to get married. June 15 is a Sun fundamental dishonesty is now evident,” the day, when city halls are closed, so activists Massachusetts Democrat wrote in a letter. expect the first marriages will be June 16. A total of 21 men who were arrested in a “We try to organize the first marriages bar raid and in other anti-gay sweeps were sent together with the gay- and lesbian-friendly to prison March 15 for three years for the City Council of the city of Brussels on the crime of “habitual debauchery.” Numerous 16th of June early in the morning,” said Anke other men have faced the same fate in the past Hintjens, spokesperson for Holebifederatie, a 20 months— many after being entrapped on federation of 92 Flemish gay groups. “How the Internet by police officers pretending to he early depends on the will of the mayor to get gay cruisers. out of bed early.” Frank said it would he impractical for gay T he Belgian law change did not extend groups to pressure Congress to end all aid to adoption rights to married gay couples, and for Egypt, “particularly that aid we provide annual eign gays only will he permitted to marry in ly to Egypt for the constructive role it played in Belgium if same-sex marriage is legal in their the late 7 0 s when it signed a peace treaty with home country. For the time being, that means Israel. But the Egyptian government has other Dutch gays are the only foreigners who can goals it is seeking that require congressional marry in Belgium. In the Netherlands, on the approval, such as weapons sales, trade prefer other hand, foreign gays can get married after a ences and in other areas. Egypt must under brief period of residency. JH stand that it cannot continue to he so oppres sive towards people’s human rights and expect Com piled by REX W(XXNER, who has reported us to support these additional requests.” fo r the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from D rake University and started his career as a radio reporter. ♦5* A mnesty International issued an urgent global appeal April 9 on behalf of an Egypt ian man who was jailed for arranging to h<x)k up with another man via the Gaydar Web site. Wassim Tawfiq Abyad, 26, was convicted of “habitual debauchery” and sent to prison for 15 months. 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