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Patricia Prendiville, executive director of the European Region of the International Lesbian and
Gay Association, is advocating for a stronger message against Nigeria's anti-gay bill.
Kaczynski has called gays “perverse,” and his
twin brother, President Lech Kaczynski, shocked
attendees at a National Forum on Europe meeting
Feb. 20 in Ireland when he warned that if homo­
sexuality “were to be promoted on a grand scale, the
human race would disappear. Imagine what grand
changes would occur in mores if the traditional links
between men and women were set aside.”
President Kaczynski banned the Gay Pride
parade in 2004 and 2005 when he was mayor of
Warsaw and said he’d do it again if he were mayor
today. “I don’t think it’s appropriate that they
should promote their sexual orientation,” he said at
the Irish meeting.
AMERICAS
Canadian Court Hands Gays
Partial Victory
Canada’s Supreme Court ruled March 1 that
the federal government violated the constitution
when it limited same-sex couples’ eligibility for
retroactive Canada Pension Plan benefits to people
whose partners died after 1997.
The government established that cutoff in 2000
when Parliament granted same-sex couples full
pension rights.
The Supreme Court, however, did not order
payment of retroactive benefits all the way back to
1985, when equality rights took effect under the
Charter of Rights and Freedoms. That would have
cost the government around $100 million paid to
some 1,500 claimants in the huge class-action suit.
Instead, the court ordered payment of one year’s
back pension as compensation to people whose
partners died between 1985 and 1997. The individ­
uals also will receive a pension of around $500 a
month from now on.
“Achieving an appropriate balance between
fairness to individual litigants and respecting the
legislative role of Parliament may mean that char­
ter remedies will be directed more toward govern­
ment action in the future and less toward the cor­
rection of past wrongs,” the court explained.
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Latin Pop Star Comes Out
Mexican pop music star Christián Chávez of
the group RBD came out on the band’s Web site
March 2 after photoS of his 2005 same-sex marriage
in Canada were published by the Web site
LatinGossip.com.
“I don’t want to keep on lying and lie to myself
because of fear,” he said. “|The photos] show a part
of me, a part that 1 was not prepared to speak of in
fear of rejection, of criticism, but especially for my
family and its consequences.
“1 think it’s timé to grow up, not only as a
human being, but also as an artist,” Chavez wrote.
“1 believe love is the purest feeling that exists, and
in this career filled with loneliness, having the
opportunity to share those moments with someone,
that when you look into their eyes, you forget all
the negative things, it’s a gift of life that 1 cherish
more than fame.
“I don’t think this is a defect;
1 won’t deny it,” Chávez said.
“Although I’m scared and filled
with uncertainty, I know that I
can rely on the support of my
fans; their love is bigger than all
of this. I ask them from the bot­
tom of my heart not to judge me
for being honest and to feel proud
of who they are and never make
the same mistake I did.”
RBD is popular throughout
much of Latin America and
among Latinos in the United
States. ©
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.
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Mexican pop star Christian Chavez of RBD came out to fans on
his band's Web site.
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