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prrnmnews H I L L Mario Silva, 37, who represents a blue-collar area of Toronto, allowed himself to be outed by The Toronto Star. “I didn’t have a problem” with the profile, he told Xtra! “ 1 have a lot of respect for the writer. 1 also think that the article was very tastefully done." Silvas district has Ontario’s largest immi grant population and is home to the city’s Por tuguese community. Other openly queer members of the Canadi an Parliament include Scott Brison, Libby Davies, Réal Menard and Bill Siksay. Gay MP Svend Robinson resigned this year after stealing an expensive ring from a jewelry sale. & WR E N , Attorneys Law Personal Injuries Motor Vehicle Accidents Workers' Compensation ¿c Work Injuries Employment Law & Discrimination l npaid ( lompensation Social Security & Disability Law ( ax il I litigation Geoffrey G. Wren Mario Silva is the latest member of Canada’s Parliament to come out of the closet A U S T R A L IA Melbourne man who had his penis and S P A It i testicles removed 16 years ago and became O pain’s government approved same-sex mar- a woman is now suing the medical team that O riage legislation at an Oct. 1 Cabinet meet performed the surgery, saying he was misdiag ing and sent it to Parliament for a vote, local nosed as a transsexual. media reported. A recent Alan Finch claims the survey found that 70 per Southern Health hospital cent of Spaniards support network and Monash same-sex marriage. Medical Center’s gender identity clinic were negli IS R A E L gent when they declared openly gay former him a candidate for sex- m member of Israel’s change surgery. Instead, Knesset, Uzi Even, married he says, he was suffering his partner of 19 years, psychological problems Amit Kamah, Sept. 17 in that now have resolved. Toronto, the Haaretz news Finch has resumed living paper reported. as a man. Same-sex marriage is “There’s not enough legal in the province of money in the Reserve Ontario, which has no resi Bank [to compensate me. dency requirement. But] I have a point to Now hack in Israel, prove here for other peo Even and Kamah plan to ple so these doctors think demand that the govern twice,” Finch told the ment recognize their mar Australian Associated riage. They said they will Press. file suit with the High Alan Finch after gender reassignment Court of Justice if necessary. surgery (top) and as a schoolboy A spokesman said Interior he Tourist Commis Minister Avraham Poraz sion in Australia’s Northern Territory is would happily recognize the marriage. reaching out to gay tourists with a new market JA PA N ing plan. It will include forums, a photo shoot, market research, contact with international gay he 33-year-old Japanese gay magazine Bara - media and advertising. Darwin, the capital, and Zoku (Rose Tnhe) is closing down because it Alice Springs are considered to he desirable des can’t compete tinations for gay visitors, reports said. with the Inter net. “They don’t GERMANY need printed magazines like ay skinheads will come together Nov. 5 to ours any longer,” J 7 in Berlin. Events include “Stomping Skins,” where attendees must wear “skingear” editor Bungaku I to told the and have hair no longer than 3 millimeters; a French Press “Yummy Skins” dinner; a “Skins in Btx)ts” gath Agency. ering; and a “Best Gay Skin Contest.” The skins later will do brunch followed by a Barazoku was Japan’s first gay “Skins & Punks United” party. A hotel is offer magazine, but its ing a skinhead rate of $37 a night that includes circulation has breakfast. plummeted from 30,000 to 3,000 as Japanese gays have turned to High-tech competitors the Internet for proved too formidable for news, informa Japan’s first gay magazine, tion, cruising Barazoku (Rose Tribe) and hooking up. Personal ads dropped from about 1,000 to 100 an issue, Bungaku said. Japanese gays also make extensive use of cell phone-based dating services, the report said. J H A T Compiled by R ex WOCKNER, who has reported for the gay press smee 1985. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Drake University and started his career as a radio __ reporter. Edward J. Hill w w w. H i 11 \V r c n - 1 a w. c o m phone: 5 0 3 .2 8 1 .6 3 6 2 fax: 5 0 3 . 2 8 8 .8 0 4 6 1826 N R B road w ay Por tlan d , OR 9 7 2 3 2 - 1 4 3 0 Thank You For trusting us to give our very best for 52 years! 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