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More than 6,800 same-sex couples have gotten
married under the United Kingdom’s Civil Partner
ship Act since it took effect in December. The law
grants civil partners all the rights and obligations of
traditional marriage.
In England and Wales, male couples tying the
knot have vastly outnumbered female couples—
4.311 to 2.205.
In Scotland, 345 ceremonies have taken place.
Male couples lead there also—220 to 123.
“Local registrars have been exemplary in intro
ducing this new legislation, helping same-sex
partners to have a relaxed and happy experience on
their important day,” said Scottish Registrar
General Duncan Macniven.
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Is he using homophobia to deflect rumors about
his own sexuality?”
Benedict has authorized Vatican documents
that condemn gay love as “objectively disordered,"
“contrary to natural law," “debased,” “grave
depravity” and a “tendency ordered toward an
intrinsic moral evil."
Czech Gays Register
Three same-sex couples tied the knot July 1 in
the Czech Republic as the nation’s new registered
partnership law came into force. Two of the
weddings were in Ostrava, Moravia, and the third
was in Kladno, Bohemia.
“We’ve saved some money together. Now we
are sure of not losing it if one of us passes away,”
Karel, who married Josef in Ostrava, told the Czech
News Agency (CTK).
Vendulka and Stepanka, also married in
Ostrava, told CTK they were happy to be registered
but hope lawmakers now will move on to approval
of same-sex adoption.
The registered partnership law was approved
only after the Chamber of Deputies overrode
President Vaclav Klaus’s veto of it. While it extends
to registered couples many of the rights and obliga
tions of traditional marriage, it withholds equality
in the areas of adoption, pensions, taxation and
joint ownership of property, CTK said.
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Gay Prince Disowned
Member of Parliament Ben Bradshaw married
his longtime partner, BBC journalist Neal
Dalgleish, June 24 in Exeter, England.
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In Exeter, England, Member of Parliament Ben
Bradshaw married his longtime partner, British
Broadcasting Corp, journalist Neal Dalgleish,
June 24.
Bradshaw told the BBC: “The sort of things I
worried about were things like being able to visit
my partner in hospital, being treated as next of kin,
not being clobbered for inheritance tax, which
were some of the things that were inflicted on
same-sex couples before we had civil partnership.”
EuroPride Numbers Disputed
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EuroPride, held July 1 in London, was either
somewhat of a flop or a smashing success—
depending on whose numbers you trust.
Organizers were hoping for a turnout of 500,000
and say they got 750,000. But police said only
40,000 people were present.
The march went down Oxford and Regent
streets, to Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square,
then on to the Houses of Parliament and Victoria
Embankment. Royal Navy sailors marched for the
first time—about 40 of them, in uniform.
Mayor Ken Livingstone told the British
Broadcasting Corp., “What this shows as we march
through the city of London—one of the greatest
cities on earth—is a city can be a wonderful place
to live in with people of every race, religion and
sexuality."
Well-known activist Peter Tatchell carried a
poster depicting the pope in drag that said, “Pope
‘Betty’ Benedict XVI—Queen of Homophobia.”
He explained: “The pope talks like a gay man,
walks like a gay man and dresses like a gay man.
If the pope is gay, his hypocrisy is breathtaking....
A gay prince in India has been disowned by his
parents for coming out in a news article.
Prince Manvendrasinh Gohil’s wealthy royal
family once ruled the princely state of Rajpipla in
what is now eastern Gujarat state. The 40-year-old
said that he previously came out to his parents
privately and that they sent him to doctors in an
effort to set him straight. Coming out in the media,
he said, was the last straw for them.
In a newspaper ad disinheriting him, Gohil’s
mother, Rukminidevi, declared: “Manvendra ceas
es to have rights as a son over the family property,
and the power of attorney issued to him also stands
canceled. Henceforth, no one must refer to my
name as mother of Manvendra. If any individual or
organization dares to do so, it will invite contempt
proceedings against him.”
Gohil works as the director of a Gujarat HIV
organization. “I have no regrets, since 1 have found
family in the [gay] community,” he said.
Actions Against Iran Planned
Activists in 20 cities in 12 nations planned to
take part in an International Day of Action Against
Homophobic Persecution in Iran on July 19.
“It is shaping up as the biggest-ever event of
international solidarity with gay Iranians,” said
blogger Doug Ireland, who is helping organize the
events.
The date is the first anniversary of the public
hanging of teenage boys Mahmoud Asgari and
Ayaz Marhoni in the Iranian city of Mashad—
either because they were lovers (according to local
gays and some international activists) or for the
crime of raping a 13-year-old hoy (according to the
government).
In either case, "men and women suspected of
homosexual conduct in Iran face the threat of
execution,” affirmed Scott Ling of Human Rights
Watch’s gay rights program. "We have d<x:umented