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úecmbei 2. 2004 • ju st out 21 i’iu ¡i i « m e w s J ^ v e r y w o m a n 's J ^ e a lt h The suit was brought by who sought ownership of the house he shared with his late partner for 40 years. The government had rejected his claim, arguing that the 1965 Inher itance Law applied only to common law oppo site-sex couples. Activists said they believe the ruling may lead to other decisions granting same-sex cou ples ordinary matrimonial rights. NIG ERIA Nigerian President Olusegun O basanjo called homosexuality “unnatural” Oct. 27. He was speaking in support of African Anglicans’ denunciations of Gene Robinson, the gay bishop of the Episcopal diocese of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. “I wholeheartedly salute the wisdom, courage and resilience of African bishops within Nigerian President the Anglican Com mu Olusegun Obasanjo nion for standing so firm calls homosexuality ly against attempts to "unnatural" undermine our faith and falsify G ods will and the word of God,” Obasan jo told a meeting of African bishops in Lagos, Nigeria. “Such tendencies are clearly unhihlical, unnatural and definitely un-African.” P ER U Peru’s Constitutional Court overturned a law Nov. 11 that prohibited gays in the military from having sex, the Agence France-Presse news wire reported. The army had banned same-sex relations on or off military bases under threat of imprisonment or expulsion. The court said the ban was “completely discriminatory" and unconstitutional. S L O V A K IA Slovakia’s government said . Nov. 3 it has received “a 100 percent guarantee" from Euro pean Union foreign affairs ministers that it will not he forced to recognize same-sex partnerships or marriages from other European nations, Radio Slovakia International reported. Slovakia was the only EU nation to make such a request, and it reportedly will he granted via an amendment to the Hague Programme, a policy adopted Nov. 4 and 5 by the European Council regarding cross-border security and human rights issues. “Slovakia has taken this measure unilateral ly, which means that we will have different laws in this area than the rest of the EU,” Foreign Affairs Minister Eduard Kukan told The Slovak Spectator newspaper. SO UTH A F R I C A South Africa’s first national gay radio pro gram launched Nov. 10, reported Marketing- Weh.co.za. The Tuesday Night Show airs on Radio 2000 from 8 to 10 p.m. "The aim ...is to present intellectual, stimu lating and contemporary radio programming and content that would not only appeal to the greater gay and lesbian community, but also to a significant straight audience," said executive producer Maciek Mazur. Unfortunately, Mazur said, advertisers seem to he taking a “wait-and-see attitude” to the show. He expects that to change once they hear the program. SW EDEN Sweden’s new minister for equality, Jens Orback, has come under fire from the National Federation for Sexual Equality for trying to sound supportive of gay couples. “Let people live with whom they want," he told a radio news program Nov. 15. “My grand zazcH mother’s wonderful sister lived in Canada. She lived with a horse. I think it’s great. Let people live with whom they want and how they want.” The federation’s Soren Andersson told the daily newspaper Expresse n: “If Orback equates animal sex and homosexuality, he should resign. It’s absurd to compare relations to domestic ani mals with relations between people.” P h ilip p a R ib b in k .M .D . E liz a b e th N e w h a ll.M .D . Compiled by R ex WOOCNER, who has reported for the gay press since 1985. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Drake University and started his career as a radio reporter. B ren d a K e h o e .M .D . za&H S a lly H o ltz m a n .M .D . L a u re l L e e .C .N .M . Je n n ife r H e is e r .M .D . 5 0 3 -2 8 4 -5 2 2 0 C a rin a W ie n k .L . M .T w w w .D h a r m a - R a in .O r g N a tu ro p athic P h y sicia n T o ri H u d so n , N .D . 5 0 3 -2 8 4 -2 4 6 9 Portland Metro Real Estate Steve Bucheri Residential Real Estate Broker 503 . 970.3801 Buchert@Hasson.com HASSOKJ R F A I T O R D avid W. O wens P. C. & ASSOCIATES serving t/ie community since 1975 A ttorneys at L aw Serving Oregon <& Washington 503 224°3100 ° ❖ FAMILY LAW ❖ WILLS & TRUSTS • Domestic Partnerships • Formation & Dissolution Jamaican dancehall singer Sizzla was denied entry to the United Kingdom in early Novem ber because his lyrics encourage murder of homosexuals. The Home Office cited public safety reasons and lyrics such as “Shot battybwoy, my big gun btxim," which translates as “Shot a queer, my big gun went boom.” The London gay group OutRage and other activists have conducted an extensive campaign against several Jamaican dancehall artists whose Peter Tatchell of music supports killing OutRage with Green gays. Party leaders Jenny They include Ele Jones and Keith phant Man (“Queers must Taylor be killed” ), Vybz Kartcl (“Kartel puts one (a bullet] in a queer’s spine”), Beenie Man ("I’m dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the queers”), Buju Banton, T.O.K., Bounty Killer and Capleton. jH G yn ecolo gical Surgery an d O bstetrics K im b e rly S u ria n o , M .D . TAIWAN About 2,000 queers marched in the Gay Pride parade Nov. 6 in Taipei, Taiwan. Some carried signs demanding access to mar riage. A bill to open marriage to same-sex cou ples, drafted by the Cabinet, awaits action in Parliament. UNITED K IN G D O M The United Kingdom’s Civil Partnership Bill cleared its final hurdles Nov. 17 and 19— pas sage in the House of Lords and royal assent. The vote was 251-1 36. The measure passed the House of Commons on Nov. 9 by a vote of 389-47. Legally registered same-sex couples will obtain marriage rights in areas that include acci dent compensation, life insurance, immigration, inheritance, intestacy, pensions, taxation, ten ancy, spouse and child support and workplace benefits. “Finally, the House of Lords has recognized that Britain is a tolerant 21st century nation,” said Ben Summerskill, head of the gay lobby group Stonewall. “For the first time, the front benches of all three major political parties have backed equality for gay people. That represents a hugely positive change.” The Coalition for Marriage Equality simulta neously welcomed and denounced the bill. “The fact remains that same-sex marriage is illegal in the United Kingdom, and the Civil Partnership Bill will remain a separate system for those in same-sex relationships— almost equal, yet oddly segregated from the rest of mainstream society," said spokesman David Henry. 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