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Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay cheered on the
first World Outgames.
and only with the two partners and the registrar
present. No one else is allowed to attend.
Couples must apply for registration 30 days in
advance and prove they are single, healthy and
mentally stable.
U.K. Court Rejects
Lesbians' Marriage
Two British lesbians who tried to get their
Canadian marriage recognized in the United
Kingdom failed July 31.
U.K. law automatically converts foreign same-
sex marriages into U.K. civil partnerships, which
nonetheless provide all the same rights and
obligations.
Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger, who were
married in Vancouver in 2003, denounced the
decision by Sir Mark Potter, president of the
London High Court Family Division, as “profound
ly discriminatory [and] an affront to social justice
and human rights.”
“We feel distressed, demeaned and humiliated,”
they said in an e-mail.
In his ruling, Potter said: “Parliament has not
called partnerships between persons of the same sex
marriage, not because they are considered inferior to
the institution of marriage but because, as a matter
of objective fact and common understanding.. .they
are indeed different. To accord a same-sex relation
ship the title and status of marriage would...fail to
recognize physical reality.”
Kitzinger, 49, is a sociology professor at
University of York. Wilkinson, 52, directs the
social psychology degree program at Loughborough
University in Leicestershire.
The couple said they might appeal the ruling,
though they’re concerned that the government is
now seeking $46,850 in costs from them for the
High Court case—an amount roughly equal to
their life savings.
AMERICAS
Success for First World Oulgames
The first World Outgames, staged July 29 to
Aug. 5 in Montreal, were an apparent success.
Montreal organized the Outgames after a bitter
dispute with the Federation of Gay Games led to the
seventh Gay Games being relocated from Montreal
to Chicago, where they tcxik place July 15 to 22.
More than 10,000 athletes from 111 nations
participated in 35 sports at the Outgames, and the
opening ceremonies attracted an additional 28,000
spectators to the Olympic Stadium.
The crowd rowdily cheered Montreal Mayor
Gerald Tremblay, who said: “I know some of you
are from nations where your sexual orientation can
send you to jail or even cause your death. Your
presence here encourages us to continue working
for a better world.”
Athletes came from more than 20 nations
where gay sex is banned.
The crowd aggressively booed
federal Public Works Minister
Michael Fortier, who was Prime
Minister Stephen Harpers stand-in,
both because Harper himself didn’t
show up and because Harper
supports a plan for Parliament to
revisit Canada’s legalization of
same-sex marriage.
crowd at the
According to The Montreal
Gazette, “Fortier’s remarks were
swallowed up in a rising tide of bœs which grew
even more deafening as much of the crowd began
slamming their folding seats up and down.”
Ironically, later in the week, Fortier mentioned to
reporters that he is a supporter of same-sex marriage.
Olympic gold medal swimmer and Outgames
co-president Mark Tewksbury told the crowd:
“When 1 swam at the Olympics in Seoul, 1 felt all
alone. 1 don’t feel like that anymore!”
During the games, his 4 x 100 relay swim team
set a Canadian record. Tewksbury swam the 100-
meter backstroke portion of the relay in 1 minute,
2.33 seconds.
In a video greeting, Québécoise, superstar
Céline Dion gushed: “The first World Outgames in
Montreal are a wonderful occasion to celebrate the
love that hinds us.... 1 know in my heart that the
first World Outgames in Montreal will be an unfor
gettable moment in our struggle for tolerance.”
Entertainment at the opening event was pro
vided by k.d. lang, Martha Wash, Cirque de Soleil
and several Canadian stars. Gay icon Liza Minnelli
headlined the Aug. 5 closing ceremonies, which
attracted 32,000 athletes and spectators.
A world record in swimming was broken Aug.
3 when gay San Franciscan Daniel Veatch com
pleted the 200-meter backstroke in 2 minutes,
14-83 seconds, besting a 2:15.49 in the age 40-44
category by U.S. swimmer William Speicht in
1999. Veatch competed in the Olympic Games in
Seoul in 1988. Outgames swimming competitions
were sanctioned by the Quebec Swimming
Federation, which means Veatch’s world record
“counts."
Openly gay Canadian Member of Parliament
Réal Ménard, who represents a Montreal-area
district, won a silver medal in wrestling.
Prior to the games, organizers hosted a four-day
International Conference on LGBT Human
Rights, promoted as the largest gay rights confer
ence ever. More than 1,500 delegates approved a
“Declaration of Montreal" that will be presented to
the United Nations and national governments.
Speaking at the conference, U.N. high commis
sioner for human rights Louise Arbour called for
the decriminalization of homosexuality throughout
the world.
Media took particular notice of attendee
Mariela Castro Espin, niece of Fidel Castro and
daughter of Raul Castro, Cuba’s current ruler while
Fidel is hospitalized. She is director of Cuba’s
National Sexual Education Center.
In Chicago, meanwhile, Gay Games organizers
said Aug. 3 that they will show a profit when all
the accounting is finalized. The Gay Games have a
history of ending up in debt. ©
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