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DECEMBER 15. 2006 JUStlOUtZI Marketing the city as a gay mecca, Buenos Aires Pride organizers called the event a success. Justice had declined to recognize the group and was backed up by a lower court, which said the associ ation’s goals went against “the common good.” The new ruling said the earlier determinations violated the nation’s guarantees of freedom of association. 20,000 at Buenos Aires Pride Some 20,000 people turned out for Buenos Aires’ 15th Gay Pride parade Nov. 25, organizers said. The procession began at the famous Casa Rosada and proceeded up Avenida de Mayo to a rally and dance at the Plaza of the Two Congresses. Marchers demanded an end to discrimination, equal treatment for transgender people and legal ization of same-sex marriage. This year’s theme was “We Are All Marvelously Different.” Brazil Votes for Anti-Discrimination Law Brazil’s lower house of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies, passed a bill Nov. 23 banning discrim ination based on sexual orientation under penalty of one to five years in jail. The measure would apply in areas that include housing, employment and public accommixlations. It also criminalizes attempts to prevent public displays of homosexual affection and prohibits offensive references to sexual orientation. The measure now moves to the Senate. Guatemalan Transvestites Murdered Two transvestites were gunned down Nov. 22 outside a bar in Guatemala City. The two individuals, who were hit several times each, were at least the 10th and 11th transvestites murdered in the nation this year. Gay leaders say police make little effort to solve such killings and are likely involved in some of them as well. exception of Quebec, there is no waiting period between getting a license and tying the knot. ASIA/PACIFIC Chinese AIDS Activist Arrested, Released Beijing police Nov. 24 arrested AIDS activist Wan Yanhai, director of the nongovernmental Aizhixing Institute of Health Education. They forced him to cancel a conference about HIV transmission via blood transfusions that was scheduled to take place Nov. 25 to 30, then released him Nov. 27. In an e-mail written in the third person, Wan said: “Wan Yanhai has expressed his intention to actively seek for the government’s support and understanding in the future so as to avoid unneces sary misunderstandings. At the same time, he also hopes the relevant health departments will pay attention to the requests of thousands of people infected by blood transfusion and provide them with compensation, treatment and care." In 2002, Wan was detained for two months after exposing an epidemic of HIV transmission via blood transfusions in Henan province. I really know my way around the block. HIV Surges in Sydney Between 10 percent and 18 percent of gay men in central Sydney are now infected with HIV, Australia’s National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research said Nov. 26. The infection rate has been climbing in recent years because of an apparent breakdown in safer-sex practices. © R ex WOCKNER has reported on 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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