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justput» FEBRUARY 16. 2007 Owtin ‘Katrina ‘fëett write a guest column in the paper. “We're not afraid of your opinion,” he said. MIDEAST/AFRICA Gays Make Splash at World Forum 11,1 African gays and. lesbians made an unprece dented splash at the World Social Forum in late F January in Nairobi, Kenya. “Never in Kenya’s history has there been such an open and politically charged gathering of homo sexual men and women,” said The Sunday Nation lKo@QK-li.omu.com •503-335-9898 newspaper. ilfiKiä OJbJbJ. (QK-iomU.COm Among other activities, queer people from around the continent set up a “Q-Spot” tent to get their message out. According to the Nation, “ 'The love that dare not speak its name’...shouted the news of its exis tence in Kenya, East Africa and the world as a whole using a public address system in a tent set aside as a English Church head Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor would sooner shut down Catholic adoption agencies than abide by anti-discrimination law. ‘safe space.’ ” The tent’s message, said the paper, was, “We are queer, we are here, and we are proud.” But not all attendees were happy about the gay presence. important challenge of not thereby creating the A Ugandan lesbian who addressed the forum’s conditions within which others feel their rights closing ceremonies was heckled by some members have been ignored or sacrificed, or in which the of the audience, and when she finished speaking, dictates of personal conscience are put at risk. The a group of what the Nation called “dreadlocked rights of conscience cannot he made subject to men" chanted “fire” at her as she left the stage. legislation, however well meaning.” But an attendee from the Kenya National The new laws already have come into force in Commission on Human Rights, Lawrence Mute, Northern Ireland and are scheduled to take effect said the commission supports gays and lesbians and in the rest of the United Kingdom in April. will fight on their behalf if they are fired or kicked out of schtxils because of their sexuality. AMERICAS Canadian Gay Newspapers Stolen Somebody has been stealing all copies of the Ottawa gay newspaper Capital Xtra! from more than 30 newspaper boxes in the downtown area. “Someone (is] so dedicated to making a point to our community that they invested the time to trav BLOG OUT INTERESTED IN AUTO INSURANCE? OUT Just Out, no longer twice a month. NOW WE'RE IN TOUCH DAILY. Check us out at www.justout.com. CALL MEH! 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