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»’in ¡i i «m ew s L YOUR WILLAMETTE VALLEY FAMILY REAL ESTATE C O N NECTIO N h n ^ decisions and family violence. It also would have banned discrimination based on “sexual identity, gender or orientation.” The vote to block was 55-32 with 15 abstentions. Sen. Piedad Córdoba, lead spon sor of the bill, plans to reintroduce it in a future session. Three ex-presidents of Colombia spoke in support of the measure. Alfonso López Michelsen, Julio César Turbay and César Gaviria Tmjillo, who now is secretary general of the Organization of American States, all lob bied for its passage. eading Tasmanian gay activists Nick Too- nen, Richard Hale and Rodney Crootne were honored with the Order of Australia last month for their gay rights work. The investiture occurred at Government House in Hobart. The order, which is bestowed by the queen, is the nation’s highest honor. It recognizes out standing achievement in important fields of endeavor and outstanding contributions to the nation and humanity. “Really what these awards recognize are the tens o f thousands of people in Tasmania, across A ustralia and around the world who con tributed to the success of the nine-year cam paign tor gay law reform,' Tinmen said. Hale added: “These awards recognize our defi ance in the face of bigotry and op pression. I’d like to encourage everyone to do what we did: break unjust laws, take direct action and hm Id their communities.” Crixime com mented: “W ho could have imag ined that when we were arrested for setting up a stall in Salam anca Market would be honored years later?” A total of 1 30 arrests took place at the outdoor Saturday morning market from O ctober to December 1988 as members of the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group defied a police and City Council U N ITE D K IN G D O M ban on their bix>th and collected signatures I police officers marching in their uniforms on a petition calling for repeal of the state’s law against gay sex. T he council eventually j I and gay actor Sir Ian McKellen were big hits relented (in a 6-3 vote), renounced its previ at the Europride parade Aug. 24 in Manchester, England. The event moves to a different Euro ous actions and paid the activists’ legal fees. pean city each year. Gay sex was finally decriminalized in 1997. “The parade featured jugglers, fire caters, stilt walkers, royal look-alikes, Wonder Woman and characters from The Wizard of O z," the Man he state of Tasmania O K ’d the nation’s first chester Evening News said. partnership registry Aug. 29. It will come The lead contingent was the world’s largest into effect Jan. 1. rainbow flag. Flag creator Gilbert Baker con The legislation creating the registry passed structed the quarter-mile-long monster to cele the Legislative Council by a vote of 7-5. It had brate the gay symbol’s 25th anniversary. passed the House of Assembly earlier, 22-3. The law grants couples— whether the rela A R G E N T IN A tionship is sexual or not, whether they live ne of Buenos Aires’ major daily news together or not and whether they even choose papers, Cronica, has launched a weekly gay to register or not— a broad range of matrimo supplement. nial rights and allows registered individuals to The 16-page premiere issue featured a cover adopt a partner’s biological child. Tasmanian Attorney General Judy Jackson said “the reg photo of the city’s first “civil-unioned” gay cou ple kissing. “I suspect BA is the only city in the istration model passed...stands alone as the world where a major newspaper includes a free best scheme of registration nationally and gay supplement each week,” liKal activist Tom internationally.” Hanks said. Buenos Aires began offering gay civil unions C O L O M B IA ’ onservatives and other supporters of Presi July 18. 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