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By Rex Wockner International News Report Amsterdam Gay Zoo Tour Grows
In some cases, male animals choose male partners even when willing females are available; in other cases, the animals go gay only when segregated from females -- "like in English boarding schools," said Frankenhuis. The tour costs $12 and is available by appointment only. "We get mostly gay people and mothers with their sons after they've just come out," Frankenhuis told Newsweek. Egyptian Gays Jailed Over Web Site
British Government Asks Compensation for Gay Partners
The British government has proposed legislation that would let gay
people claim compensation if their lover is killed.
Activists urged the government to make the change after the bombing of London's Admiral Duncan Pub in 1999 when compensation was paid to partners of heterosexual victims but not gays' partners, the Independent reported February 20. "This is a hugely significant move," said the gay lobby group Stonewall. "It shows something about the value attached to lesbian and gay relations and is the biggest boost to equality between gay and heterosexual relationships since the equalization of the age of consent." |
The gay tour at Amsterdam's Artis Zoo now features "gay" bulls, goats,
dolphins, porpoises, whales, flamingos, elephants, chimpanzees and
gorillas, says Director Maarten Frankenhuis.
