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"1 ay pop singer George
Michael has included a gay
song called “Flawless” on his
new Patience album.
“It’s about time I made a
record for the hoys, really, isn’t
it?” Michael told Britain’s Magic
FM. “This is definitely a big Boys
Town record. 1 think there will
be people dancing around their
handbags to this one. The gay
clubs will love this one.”
Michael, 40, was outed in
1998 after being arrested for
allegedly waving his willy at a
hunky undercover cop inside a
park toilet in Beverly Hills,
Calif.
but the law is rarely enforced
and only allows for 14 years in
prison. Zanzibar is predomi
nantly Muslim and might be
moving in the direction of
Islamic fundamentalism, news
reports suggested.
K EN Y A
A
frican Anglican bishops,
meeting April 15 in Kenya,
declared they will not accept
donations from Anglican church
es that welcome gay clergy.
Cardinal Corm ac Murphy-
The decision applies in
O ’Connor was confronted
particular to the U .S. Episco
by London protesters
pal Church, which supported
because the Vatican blocked the recent election of G ene
a U .N . human rights
Robinson as bishop of the
resolution
Diocese o f New Hampshire.
He is openly gay and sexually
rotesters from the British
active with his partner.
gay group OutRage! harassed Cardinal
Around 70 percent of African Anglican dio
Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on April 4 as he
entered London’s Westminster Cathedral for ceses’ income is believed to come in the fonn of
gifts from the
Palm Sunday Mass.
U .S. church.
“Your church protects pedophile priests
“If we suffer
while persecuting gay people in loving rela
for a while to
tionships,” activist Peter Tatchell chided. “You
support legal discrimination against gay people
gain our inde
pendence and
and oppose gay equality and human rights.”
our
freedom
Murphy-O’Connor remained impassive as
and to build
he and his aides pushed through the group.
ourselves up, I
The protesters said they were punched and
think it will be
shoved by clergy and congregants who called
a good thing
them “sick” and “unnatural” and ripped placards
for the church
from their hands. The signs read: “Vatican Blocks
Nigerian Archbishop Peter
in Africa,” said
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Gay Human Rights at U.N.,” “Catholics! STO P
Nic^Han
Arrh- Akinola
is t refusing
cmcifying queers” and “Gays are not ‘intrinsically
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donations from the U.5>.
disordered’— Shame on Catholic Catechism!"
“We were protesting against the Vatican’s block Akinola, who Episcopal Church because it
ing of a U.N. vote last week which would have con also chairs the wdcome* B3' ’ clerBy
C ou n cil
of
demned homophobic discrimination and the
Anglican Provinces of Africa. “We will not, on
imprisonment, torture and murder of gay people,”
the altar of money, mortgage our conscience,
Tatchell said. “In over 70 countries homosexuality
mortgage our faith, mortgage our salvation.
is still totally illegal, and in seven Islamic states
“We do not want any money from the Episco
homosexuals face the death penalty. The Vatican
opposed the U.N. resolution condemning the per pal Church of the United States of America.
secution of lesbians and gay men. It mobilized the
This is not rhetoric. It is not a matter of a joke.
We mean what we say.”
Islamic countries to block the vote in the U.N.
About half of the world’s Anglicans live in
Human Rights Commission.”
Africa. The Anglican Communion is composed of
38 independent national churches—such as the
U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of
ritain’s first out gay ambassador txx)k up his
Canada— that have ties to the Church of England.
post in Luxemlxxjrg last month. James Clark,
41, and his partner, Anthony Stewart, are living
S IN G A P O R E
together in the official ambassador’s residence.
refused March 31 to register the
S ingapore
'
W £ gay organization People Like Us and ordered
gay man is using Britain’s new anti-
its members to cease activity. The Registrar of
Societies said acknowledging the group would
discrimination law to fight, the Roman
violate the Societies A ct’s ban on organizations
Catholic Church after a charity refused to hire
him because of his sexual orientation.
that are “contrary to the national interest” and
“likely to he used for unlawful purposes or for
The 27-year-old social worker, who was not
purposes prejudicial to public peace, welfare or
named in news reports, was offered a job by
gixxl order in Singapore.”
Apostleship of the Sea, which ministers to the
crews of ships in British ports, hut the offer was
People Like Us said it would launch an
appeal to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Howev
withdrawn after the charity learned the man
has a same-sex partner. The anti-discrimina er, the agency suggested April 7 that would be
pointless. “As the mainstream moral values of
tion law contains an exemption for faith
Singaporeans are conservative, it is hence con
groups, hut it is under assault in a separate case
trary to public interest to grant legitimacy to the
now before the High Court, according to The
promotion of homosexual activities and view
Independent newspaper.
points,” the ministry said.
For the time being, People Like Us has halt
T A N Z A N IA
he legislature of the Indian Ocean island of ed activity, hut a spokesman said its more than
1,000 members will continue to advocate for gay
Zanzibar, which is part of the nation of
rights individually. Gay sex is illegal in Singa
Tanzania, voted unanimously April 14 to ban
pore under “gross indecency” laws that allow for
homosexuality.
up to two years of imprisonment. J H
Gay male relationships will be punished
with 25 years in prison and lesbian relationships
Compiled by R ex WCXXNER , who has repented for
with seven years in prison. President Amani
the gay press since 1 985. He has a bacheltn's degree
Karume will sign the measure into law, a
in journalism from Drake Urusersity and started his
spokesman said.
career as a radio reporter.
Tanzania already bans gay sex nationwide,
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