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OCTOBER b. 2007 justioutzi Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez squashed a Of the married same-sex couples counted in the Canadian census, 53.7 percent were male couples and 46.3 percent female. About 16 percent of female couples had children living with them, as did 3 percent of male couples. Chávez Denies Gay Rumor Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez says he isn’t gay. “I’ve been accused of everything,” Chavez said Sept. 15 at a rally in Barquisimeto. “The only thing they haven’t accused me of is being homosexual. Well, now they’ve started to accuse me of being homosexual. 1 don’t have anything against homosex uals because 1 respect whichever human condition, but the thing is: 1 consider myself sufficiently macho to pulverize any accusation along those lines. “It doesn’t matter to me," Chávez continued. “Let them say about me whatever they have the urge to.... I couldn’t care less that they say what they say about me and that they threaten me with what they threaten me with.” In response, a new interna tional grassroots activist network called Gays Without Borders has been organizing various actions against the newspaper and protests to the Ugandan government. But a spokesman for the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association urged Gays With out Borders to reconsider its campaign. “[The] coalition of LGBT organizations in Uganda SMUG • (Sexual Minorities Uganda) have decided to ignore the pub lication, as did even most of those who were outed,” wrote Maxim Anmeghichean, who just returned from Uganda. “[In the] absence of any national pressure, gay rumor. letters...from abroad may be strategically awkward and support the idea promoted by the government that the fight for LGBT rights in the country does not belong to Ugandans and is promoted by the West. Think twice before sending a letter, and check with a number of Ugandan activists before proceeding with action!" Human Rights Watch queer program director Scott Long agreed that foreign activists should take care to work through established Ugandan gay organizations, such as member groups of Sexual Minorities Uganda, both to be certain the foreign assistance is welcome and because some people in Uganda have attempted to raise money from abroad by setting up sham gay groups. CUSTOM TÄTTO9S BODY PiERCiNG Female Owned Studio 1000’s of Design Ideas Huge Selection of Quality Jewelry Sara Chinske Broker 541-988-7358 schinske@windermere.com Serving clients in the Eugene, Springfield and surrounding areas Windermere Real Estate 384 Q Street Springfield, OR 97477 t=l JOUAI HOOMNG OPPOiVUNHV Hospital Quality Sterilization Walk-ins or Appointments Friendly personalized attention from beginning to end TWO LOCATIONS! 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Nations and the U.S. State Department have The flight will feature drag queens, flight atten issued reports documenting some of the more dants performing a cabaret show, pink cocktails, recent killings." pink feather boas, gay movies (not that kind), gay The group said each safe house costs about music, gay goodie bags and contests, among other $1,800 a month to operate—$800 for rent, $400 to gimmicks the airline thinks appeal to gay men. The pay two armed guards and $600 “for gas, fuel for affair reportedly also includes a “Get Onboard, electricity generators, food, clean drinking water, Girlfriend” party before departure. hygienic supplies and the like.” The round-trip fare for the 14-hour flight is Each house has between 10 and 12 residents, around $ 1,000. the group said. Iraqi LGBT said it has been financed in the past MIDEAST/AFRICA by its own members, friends, Heartland Alliance, Ugandan Tabloid Outs Gay Citizens the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights The Ugandan tabloid newspaper Red Pepper ! Commission and the Rev. Patricia Ackerman, an again outed several citizens as gay Sept. 9. Anglican priest. Under the headline “Homo Terror! We Name Checks or money orders can be sent to K. Sahi, and Shame Top Gays in the City," the paper called 13 Campden Hill Mansions, Edge Street, London homosexuality “an unnatural habit that is eating up W8 7PL, England. More information is available at our beloved nation.” www.iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com. © The paper named 40 people, by first name only, but in many cases provided details about their R ex WtXXNER has relxirted for the gay press since 1985. 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