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NOVEMBER 3. partner Tomas Harila Carlgren live together in an official registered partnership. Reinfeldt also appointed the country’s first black minister, Integration Minister Nyamko Sabuni, and its first male minister with a ponytail, Finance Minister Anders Borg. fying public and social service sector “good practice for families of homosexual young people” and to produce educational material, a documentary video and a Web site. Dublin Police Set Up Pink Patrol The first-ever seminar on gay rights has been held in Mozambique, the Mozambique News Agency reported Oct. 13. As a result, a gay “move ment" likely will be launched within weeks, the report said. There is disagreement on whether to call the new organization the “Mozambican Gay and Lesbian Movement” or the less in-your-face “Organization Against Sexual Discrimination.” At the end of the two-day seminar, attendees called for school-based sex education, gay-inclusive material in libraries and bookstores and on television, and dialogue with media editors and the journalists union. A special unit of plainclothes Dublin cops, dubbed the “Pink Patrol," is targeting the city’s gay community to catch gay-bashers. Bashing has become particularly problematic in the George's Street area on the city’s south side— especially near the high-profile gay pub The George. Several arrests have been made, and the cases are working their way through the courts. Netherlands Welcomes Gay Iranians MIDEAST/AFRICA Gays Organize in Mozambique In a reversal of policy, the Netherlands announced Oct. 17 it will welcome most if not all gay Iranian immigrants. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk previously South African Civil Union Bill had taken the position that Iranian gays were not Criticized at risk of government persecution or execution if South Africa’s Human Rights Commission has they lived their lives discreetly. criticized the government’s Civil Union Bill, Verdonk said she had a change of heart after which would create a separate institution essen- reading parts of an tiaily identical to marriage for same- upcoming Human sex couples. Rights Watch report The commission said the bill is on Iran’s abuse of unconstitutional, discriminatory and homosexuals. stigmatizing. It said the government A recent Human should instead amend the Marriage Rights Watch press Act to allow same-sex marriage. release stated that it The bill was introduced in “has documented response to a 2005 Constitutional torture and execu Court ruling that gave legislators tions for homosexual until Dec. 1 of this year to end the conduct in Iran.” Marriage Act’s discrimination against The organization has same-sex couples. If lawmakers do been under pressure not take satisfactory action by that from the British gay date, the court said the Marriage Act group OutRage and automatically will be construed to allow same-sex marriage. other activists to Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk welcomes gay Iranians to the renounce its agnostic Gay groups staged a march and Netherlands after a change of heart picket Oct. 17 against the Civil position on Iran’s about their persecution at home. apparent executions Union Bill in Pretoria. “Civil partnerships are not equivalent to of gay men. One gay Iranian exile group, Sweden-based marriage. They entrench institutional segregation Homan, claims there have been some 4,000 such in our law and a separate, inferior status for gay executions since the 1979 revolution installed a relationships," organizer Alex Ringelman told religious government. The Independent newspaper. Euro Commission Funds Gay Youth Project The European Commission has funded a two- year project called “Family Matters—Supporting families to prevent violence against gay and lesbian youth." It will be run by the Department of Social Research at Italy’s University of East Piedmont and by groups for parents, families and friends of gays in Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. The commission said gay and lesbian youth frequently lack support and role models within their families and, as a result, might have trouble accepting themselves and become vulnerable to bullying, harassment and self-harming. Families of gays and lesbians need help to accept their children and assist them in dealing with discrimination, the commission said. The money will be spent on polling, on identi AMERICAS Marriage Official Sues for Right to Discriminate A marriage registrar in the Canadian province of Manitoba has sued the province alleging religious discrimination after he was stripped of his position for refusing to conduct same-sex marriages. Kevin Kisilowsky’s case will be heard by Manitoba’s Court of Queen's Bench. The Manitoba Human Rights Commission previously rejected a similar complaint from him. Canadian provinces began legalizing same-sex marriage in 2003, and the federal Parliament did so nationwide in 2005. • R ex W ockner 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. justoutjzi Versatility. SUBARU TRIBECA At Dick Hannah you're a VIP! Deal directly with the sales manager Greg. 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