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TAIWAN Life is e a sie r w ith a little o rg a n iz a tio n , w h e th e r in y o u r kitc h e n or >> ple don’t know very much about homosexuals and where there is considerable discrimination against homosexuals, so to get a fair trial, I would like to ask heterosexual judges to avoid the case," he told the Times. Lai’s petition to the court also requested that the confiscated magazines he reviewed by 100 homosexuals to see if they consider the contents indecent. “The definition of indecency may vary from person to person, and a homosexual male’s perception of indecency cannot he arbitrated by a heterosexual male," he said. aipei police raided a “gay orgy" at a private apartment Jan. 17 and detained 92 men for alleged illegal drug use, The China Post reported. Police said that the men were wearing only underwear and that the floor was littered with condoms and tissues. Hundreds of ecstasy pills were confiscated, they said. The party reported ly was open only to “well-built men” who paid $7.42 each to attend. T he detainees were subsequently force- tested for sexually transm itted diseases. A total of 28 tested HIV-positive and 46 had syphilis, reported The China Times and The United Daily News. Only 14 of the HIV carriers were listed on the government’s official rally of people with HIV. “Half of the participants in the home party are infected with HIV or other sexually trans mitted disease," Ling Ding, deputy director of Taiwan’s C enter for Disease Control, told the German Press Agency wire service. “This fully shows the danger of attending such parties.” The 64 partiers who tested HIV-negative will he forcibly retested in April to make sure they did not become infected during the party, Health Minister C hen Chien-jen told E l l V, a cable news channel. Knowing transmission of HIV carries a seven-year prison sentence in Taiwan. -c- he Taipei gay bookstore Gin G in’s has requested that a gay judge hear its case result ing from a police raid last August, The Taipei Times reported Jan. 14. Police nabbed more than 500 gay sex magazines, including the Taiwanese title His and several publications from Hong Kong. Owner Lai Jeng-jer was charged with offens es against morals. “Taiwan is a place where peo- T A court in British Columbia has ruled against Kimberly Nixon, who sued a wom en’s shelter for gender identity discrimination •z- he Justice Department said Jan. 19 it will appeal a recent ruling in a class-action law suit that granted gay men and lesbians expand ed access to Canada Pension Plan benefits. W hen the federal government extended numerous spousal benefits to same-sex couples in 2000, it chose Jan. 1, 1998, as the date for retroactive access to pensions. The class-action mling rolled that date hack to April 17, 1985— the day equality guarantees ta lk effect in C ana das Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The extension increased the number of gay men and lesbians eligible for benefits by approx imately 1,500, at an estimated cost to the gov ernm ent of $307 million. According to Toron to’s Globe and Mail newspaper, the government believes providing benefits retroactive to 1998 was already quite generous. T -o- he Vital Statistics Agency in British Columbia ordered the provinces marriage commissioners Jan. 14 to start performing wed dings for same-sex couples or resign by March 31. T
