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Great Britain
Gays can be prosecuted in 60 countries and
are being killed and tortured around the
world, according to a February 26 report
Singapore
compiled by the British division of Amnesty
Oral sex is illegal unless it is followed
International. Among the findings: Homo-
by heterosexual sex, an appeals
sexuality is criminalized in Nigeria, India,
court ruled February 21. According
and Romania, and Colombian death squads
to the decision, cral sex is consid-
target and kill hundreds of gay men. South
ered an unnatural sex act and is
Africa, however, became the first nation to
permitted only as foreplay. The
include sexual orientation in the antidis-
court said the only natural sex
crimination provisions of its constitution.
act is "the coitus of the male
and female sexual organs."
Zimbabwe
While homosexuality is illegal in Zimbab-
Australia
we, accusations that former president
Challengers of Tasmania's
Canaan Banana forced a male aide into a
sodomy law won a victory
three-year affair surfaced February 24 when
February 26 when the High
a judge lifted a news blackout on the aide's
Court of Australia ruled it would
hear their case. Gay activists are
the World
murder trial. The aide, Jefta Dube, was
found guilty of shooting a colleague who
fighting a law that criminal-
teased him about the relationship, but be-
izes homosexual sex
cause of the alleged sexual abuse, his sen-
and carries jail terms of
tence was set at ten years instead of the life
up to 21 years.
term requested by prosecutors.
Lower
Percentage of Canadian population that supports gay rights
The sex offense that
temperatures
never goes away
up north
1975
1990
1996
eing
B
arrested
Canadian support
for having
CRIME
for gay rights seems
consensual sex with an-
to be eroding as
other man was bad enough.
gays and lesbians
become more vocal
Now, because of a California statute
regarding domestic-
that requires sex offenders to register
partner benefits and
their whereabouts with police, men
the right to adopt.
50%
80%
65%
who were arrested decades ago are
being scrutinized as sex criminals. The
SOURCE: Maclean's magazine
Los Angeles Times reported February
SETTING THE
ichard Socarides, who last year was President
24 that one 90-year-old man received
PRESIDENT'S
R
Clinton's liaison to gays and lesbians during the
a letter, opened by his wife, with the
reelection campaign, has a new job in the second
words SEX CRIME stamped in red ink on
GAY AGENDA
Clinton administration. Socarides, 42, son of infamous
the outside. His offense: He was ar-
antigay psychiatrist Charles Socarides, is special assis-
rested after he touched the knee of
tant to the president and senior adviser for public liai-
another man in a parked car in 1944.
son. Socarides told The Advocate that his number one
Authorities said they have tried to
goal is to get the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
purge the files of such cases but admit-
moved through Congress. He also said he wants to
ted that the effort was not completely
make sure gays have access to White House decision
successful. The problem is not con-
makers. Just don't expect him to book you a night in the
fined to California, either; other states
Socarides
Lincoln bedroom.
have similar statutes.
Transitions
Miami, Fla., of liver failure February 8 in
through the mail.
Fayette, Ala. Cunningham, the city's first
NAMED: Urvashi Vaid, effective April 1 as di-
openly gay mayor, had served only one year of
rector of the Policy Institute of the National
DIED: Duke Comegys, 55, a founder of AIDS
his term. He had previously served as a South
Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a civil rights
Project Los Angeles and former cochairman of
Miami commissioner for two years.
group based in Washington, D.C. From 1989 to
the board of directors for the Human Rights
DIED: Donald R. Slater, 78, journalist and gay
1992 Vaid served the task force as its execu-
Campaign, of complications owing to surgery
rights activist, February 14 in Los Angeles.
tive director.
February 10 in Los Angeles. Comegys, a phil-
Slater was editor of the gay magazine One
OUT OF BUSINESS: Out magazine's Web site,
anthropist and activist, was also past presi-
from 1954 until 1970. In the 1950s Slater sued
www.out.com, according to "Folio: First Day,"
dent of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Cen-
on behalf of the magazine and won a Supreme
an industry newsletter. While the site report-
ter's board of directors.
Court decision allowing information about ho-
edly attracted 1 million hits per week, unprof-
DIED: Tom Cunningham, 52, mayor of South
mosexuals to be published and distributed
itability was given as the reason for its demise.
CLAUDIO VASQUEZ
April 1, 1997
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