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24 j* * s t o u t • december 19. 2003 uhi »inews J e w e l A . R o b in s o n B’Zillion $$$ Producer (503) 281-4040 V O IC E m a i l (503) 301-4283 e - m a i l Jewel2U@teleport.com O F F IC E V is it me now a t: http://www.jewelrobinson.com British Member of Parliament C hris Bryant was caught with his pants down at Gaydar.co.uk (right) 1730 N.E. 10th Avenue Portland, OR 97212 Prudential Northwest Properties Join us for our GLBT Run Tuesdays, 5:30PM 800 SE Grand Avenue PORTLAND RUNNING A W i/v \ ( 503) 232-8077 & WALKING COMPANY w w w .p o r t l a n d r u n n i n g c o m p a n y .c o m Know Someone With a Drug or Alcohol Problem? UNITED KINGDOM .K. Member of Parliament Chris Bryant, who represents Wales’ Rhondda Valley area, is under fire for sharing a photo of himself wearing only underwear with users of the Gaydar.co.uk cruising site and for sending a sexually explicit e-mail to a cmiser he hoped to hixik up with. “I’d love to meet for a gtxxJ long tuck," it said. Bryant has been under consideration as a future Labor Party leader, an idea that has been dampened by the flap. “I’m sorry this has happened,” the 4 1 -year- old saiJ Dec. 2. “I’ve always been open and hon est about my private life but never sought to make an issue of it. I’m saddened that others have sought to do so. T h e important thing is the work that 1 do for my constituents as an MP. I will not myself be distracted from standing up for the people of the Rhondda." Free, confidential, statewide telephone assistance and crisis intervention for alcohol and drug problems Call the HelpLine 800-923-HELP * 8 * COLOMBIA A ctivists marched through Bogota with a 10- fcxit-tall condom Dec. 1, World A ID S Day. T h e giant prophylactic, constructed of hun dreds of ordinary rubbers in the three colors of the Colom bian flag, was paraded from Indepen dence Park to Bolivar Plaza. T h e demonstrators denounced Colom bian Rom an C atholic Cardi nal Alfonso López Trujillo for his assertions that condoms do not prevent HIV transmission. C HIL E i,.1 antiago Mayor Joaquin Lavin banned a World A ID S Day event Nov. 30 in the Plaza de Armas citing security concerns, according to the Web site Orgullogay.cl. T he commemoration had been planned by nongovernmental A ID S groups and organizations of people liv ing with A IDS. They issued a statement denouncing the deci sion as “an explicit act of dis crimination against people liv ing with HIV and individuals who work in the A ID S field.” he United Kingdom is moving ahead with plans for a “civil partnership” law under which same-sex couples could register their relationship with the government and acquire spousal rights and obligations. T he legislation was formal ly announced during the Nov. 26 Q u een’s Speech. Spousal rights and obligations would be extended in the areas BR AZIL of hospital visitation, parental he mayor of Bocaiuva do responsibility, immigration, Sul in Brazil’s Parana state pension benefits, inheritance, tenancy, accident compensa banned homosexuals and “any tion, criminal injury compen element linked to this class" sation, financial support and from moving to the town exem ption from testifying Dec. 3, according to Reuters. Mayor Joaquin Lavin banned a against each other in court. Elcio Berti explained, “This World A ID S Day event Nov. 3 0 T he head of the United municipality is fighting to sup in Santiago, Chile Kingdom’s national gay lobby port social projects and needs to bring in industries, for which people with strong group, Stonewall, praised the proposal but fists are needed to operate prexiuction tools.” expressed concern it might be thwarted by the House of Lords. He also said the town, population 10,000, “This is a hugely significant milestone,” Ben needs to “preserve respect and family atmos phere" and increase its birthrate. Berti previous Summerskill said. “Hundreds of thousands of gay couples have undergone real suffering ly banned sale of condoms and other birth con because the law dtx's not recognize their long trol measures and reportedly handed out free term relationships. We hope the government Viagra to encourage reproduction. will move swiftly so that this injustice can lx* “I need to increase the population by encour righted as stxin as possible. Our key anxiety aris aging people to have kids, not with trouble es from the House of Lords’ repeated willingness makers," he told the Folha de Sao Paulo newspa in the past to frustrate fair treatment for gay peo per. "W h en I was a kid I used to live among ple. We hope that peers will back a move long criminals, but even so they were all real men.” overdue in a 21st century nation.” Gay activists announced plans to sue to overturn the decree, and state officials Dec. 5 C H IN A charged Berti with violation o f local and federal hina’s Fudan University is the first to offer anti-discrimination laws and abuse of adminis a class devoted to homosexuality, The South trative power, The Advocate reported. China Morning Post reported. “Mayor Elcio Berti stepped beyond any reason About 60 students have enrolled in “Homo able limit," prosecutor Agenor Salgado told The sexual Health, Society and Science.” In addi Associated Press. “If convicted, he could face two tion toclassrixim work, they will take a field trip to four years in prist in, aside from losing his office." to Shanghai’s gay bars. "T he number of homosexuals in China is large, but people who dare to speak out are few. Brazilian court granted permanent residen This is slowly changing," said the class’s instruc cy to a British man Nov. 25 so he could tor, Qin Shide. remain with his same-sex partner. A
