FEBRUARY 17, 2006
but also civil unions, which
he called a “cop-out” Feb. 7.
Some
members
of
Parliament are pushing for a
British-style civil partnership
act in Australia, in the wake
of the United Kingdom’s law
taking effect in December.
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“Most of the gay people I
More than 40,000 people participated in Melbourne's Pride parade.
talk to, all they want is to
have an opportunity to formalize a commitment to
The decision was hailed by the Consultative
each other and get the same sort of recognition as
Council of Sharjah emirate. The head of the
any other couple who have committed themselves council’s Committee on Financial, Economic and
to a relationship,” Liberal MP Warren Entsch, a for
Industrial Affairs, Abdullah Al Amiri, said the
mer crocodile farmer from far northern Queensland
romantic homosexual inclinations of Brokeback
state, told The Age newspaper.
Mountain’s lead characters are offensive to
Attorney General Philip Ruddock has affirmed
Muslims and Arabs because Islam forbids ab
that individual states are free to pass civil union laws
normal behaviors.
if they want to, regardless of the federal
government’s hostility to the idea on a
national level. Only the island state of
Tasmania has done so td date.
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40,000 at Melbourne Pride
More than 40,000 people turned out
for the 11th Gay Pride‘parade Feh. 5 in
Melbourne, Australia, The Australian
newspaper reported.
Ninety-three contingents traveled
down Fitzroy Street to Cantani Gardens,
After getting 12 years for stabbing three marchers in
where a concert was staged. A report in
Jerusalem's Gay Pride parade, Yishai Schlissel said: "I
The Age newspaper referred to “camp fri
came to murder on behalf of God. We can't have such
abomination in the country.''
volity from the perennial drag queens,
scantily clad leathermen and dykes on
Jerusalem Gay Pride Stabber
hikes” hut then noted, “Overall it was just a hunch
of very ordinary-looking people walking down the
Gets 12 Years
A man who stabbed three marchers at last year’s
street without a float in sight.”
The city fire department marched for the first Jerusalem Gay Pride parade was sentenced to 12
years in prison Feb. 8 for attempted murder.
time, joining a group of about 40 state and local
Yishai Schlissel, 30, had admitted to police: “I
police officers. “It’s a physical demonstration of our
came to murder on behalf of God. We can’t have
acceptance of all parts of our community that we
protect and a show of support for any gay firefight such abomination in the country.”
None of the victims was seriously injured.
ers we have,” Deputy Chief Fire Officer Keith
Mayor Uri Lupolianski had tried to prevent the
Adamson told The Age.
parade, which drew about 10,000 marchers, hut he
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was thwarted by the courts. Gay activists blamed
Lupolianski’s “incitement” for the violence.
UAE Bans Brokeback Mountain
The United Arab Emirates has banned the hit
Cameroon Newspapers Out
film Brokeback Mountain, The Khaleej Times
Alleged Gays
reported Feb. 9.
Three newspapers in Yaounde, Cameroon, have
A spokesman for the Ministry of Culture and
published lists of more than 50 prominent person
Information said films depicting gay romance or sex
alities outing them as allegedly gay.
destroy the morals and values of a society.
The articles appeared during the past month in
La Meteo, Nouvelle Afrique and L’ Anecdote.
According to Radio France Internationale, the
lists included government officials, business execu
tives, celebrities and other public figures—living
and dead.
According to the German Press Agency, one
named individual, Minister of Communication
Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo, commented: “People do
not engage in these practices in public, so where do
the journalists get the names? Either they partici
pated or they are themselves homosexual.”
Gay sex is illegal in Cameroon, punishable with
up to five years in prison. ©
A government official in the United Arab
Emirates says films like Brokeback Mountain
destroy the morals and values of a society.
Compiled by R ex Wcx KNER, 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.
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