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rwnrmnews S yphilis E pidemic H its S ydney G ays The syphilis rate among gay men in Sydney, Australia, has increased tenfold since 2000, according to a report in The Medical Journal of Australia. Most of the approximately 200 annual cases are occurring among HIV-positive men. Syphilis had almost disappeared from Sydney’s gay community in the 1990s, hut now, experts say, many HIV-positive men have returned to riskier sex practices. Syphilis also can be spread by oral sex. Similar increases have been reported in some U.S. and European gay communities. but activist groups claim to have information that the rape charge was bogus and that the two were hanged solely for being gay. The Iranian exile gay group Homan reportedly claims that 4,000 homosexuals have been executed in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Wentworth SubaruCity's Sizzimy Summer Clearance Sale I ndian G ays P rotest S ex B an About 100 people took to the streets of Mumbai, India, Aug.* 16 to protest the nation’s ban on gay sex, New Delhi Television reported. “A large number of countries have repealed this law,” said lawyer Anand Grover, one of the marchers. “In fact it’s a condition for entry into the European Union.” Punishment for violation of Section 377 ranges from a fine to prison. EUROPE ALL 2005 SUBARUS ARE ON SALE NOW! Protesters marched in Sydney and Melbourne on Aug. 13, Australia’s first anniversary of the national ban on same-sex marriage. life in ALL NEW 2005 SUBARU LEGACY SEDANS AND OUTBACK SEDANS AMERICAS $5,500 A rgentine B ishop R esigns A fter G ay S ex T ape S urfaces The 64-year-old Roman Catholic bishop R ussian C ity P rohibits P ride P arade of Santiago del Estero,- Argentina, resigned The government of Tyumen, Russia, Aug. 19 after a videotape circulated showing refused a permit for the city’s first Gay Pride him having gay sex with a 23-year-old man. parade Aug. 15, saying organizers had violat Diocesan authorities claimed Juan Carlos ed procedure by requesting the permit more Maccarone stepped down for health reasons, than 15 days prior to the event, Interfax but the resignation came just two days before reported. the prominent daily newspaper Clarín publi- The parade had been scheduled for Sept. 5 ■ cized the tape. on the city’s main thoroughfare, Republic Santiago del Estero is 600 miles northwest Street. Organizers said they were expecting up of Buenos Aires. to 700 marchers. Tyumen, population 600,000, is located in A ruba M ust R ecognize south-central Russia just north of Kazakhstan, G ay M arriage about 2,000 miles southeast of Moscow. The Caribbean island of Aruba must rec ognize and register a marriage between a local A ctivists P rotest G ay I ranian ’ s woman and a Dutch woman, the island’s E xpulsion from the U.K. Superior Court ruled Aug. 23. British Home Secretary Charles Clarke is “Since Aruba is part of the Kingdom of the being asked to halt the pending expulsion of Netherlands, it must comply with demands of an Iranian gay man back to his homeland, The the Kingdom,” the court declared. Observer reported Aug. 21. The Aruban government said it will appeal the ruling, taking it to the Netherlands’ Supreme Court, local media reported. A spokesman for Aruban Prime Minister Nelson Oduber said he considers it a moral issue. Kingdom law mandates that Aruba, the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles recognize each other’s legal documents. But it also grants Aruba self-rule. Charlene and Esther Oduber- Lamers got married in rhe Netherlands in 2001, shortly after it became the first nation in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. They then settled on Aruba. In 2004, facing harassment after they sued for recognition of their These Iranian teen-agers allegedly were executed for union, they moved to the Netherlands. being gay. Tile couple also were faced with In making its request on behalf of the Aruban immigration rules that prohibited unnamed 29-year-old man, the gay group Esther, the Dutch partner, from spending more Stonewall pointed out that Iran has a death than half of each year on the island. And Charlene’s government employer had refused penalty for gay sex, and uses it. TTie man fled Iran and sought asylum in to graht Esther spousal health coverage. 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