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accused of engaging in sodomy, even though in
nearly all the cases that have been publicized the
Organizers said Sydney’s 30th gay Mardi Gras
people were accused of other crimes as well, such
parade held March 1 was the biggest ever. The
one-mile spectacle attracted 10,000 participants,
as rape.
The organization has said it suspects that other
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charges often are tacked on to sodomy cases to
tors.
A contingent of 200 “78ers,” people who
prevent the public outrage that would accompany
executions carried out solely for the crime of con
marched in the first parade in 1978, drew raucous
sensual adult gay sex. It also believes executions
applause. That first parade ended in a clash with
solely for gay sex are taking place out of the
police and 50 arrests.
Other contingents of note included official en
public eye.
“Our suspicions [are] that their current practice
really is to rid society of lesbians and gay
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HIV Cases Set Record
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Japan saw more than 1,000 new HIV
cases in 2007, the first time the tally has
crossed that threshold.
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the total for all years to 9,392, accord
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our support, counseling and medical
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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi is
a target of Iran's state-run media after speaking
out against the mistreatment of gays.
Brit Tory MP to Enter
Civil Partnership
A senior member of Parliament for
Britain’s Conservative Party will be the
first Tory MP to enter a same-sex civil
tries by the New South Wales Police Force and
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the Australian Defense Force as well as a group
Alan Duncan, who has been in Parliament
of some 100 Christian pastors who marched to
since 1992, will tie the knot with James Dun-
“apologize” for past treatment of sexual minority
people by Christian churches.
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Mardi Gras pumps an estimated $42 million
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exchange, this summer at the Westminster regis
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into the local economy.
Iranian Nobel Laureate
Denounces Treatment
of Gays
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize
laureate Shirin Ebadi expressed
regrets over her nation’s treat
ment of gays in a speech at
Madrid’s Cultural Center in
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mid-February, according to the
International Gay and Lesbian
Human Rights Commission.
“This is the first time she
openly addresses the issue of
legal persecution of homosexu
ality in Iran,” said International
Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Commission spokesman Hos
sein Alizadeh. “The state-run
Iranian media are now out to
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ing immorality.”
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commission
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be
come increasingly vocal in the
past year about Iran’s ongoing
executions of teens and men
Conservative member of British Parliament Alan Duncan will
enter into a civil partnership this summer in London.