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By Rex Wockner
International News Report Gay Amnesty International Activists Form Network
Gay Amnesty International activists held their first
international meeting March 26-28 in London and formed a
committee to combat human-rights abuses based on sexual
orientation.
Delegates from 25 countries on five continents attended the gathering. "This meeting represents a major step forward in the status of LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered] human rights across the world," said one of the activists, Francisco Olivera of Argentina." Albertans Are Gay-Friendly
More than a few people were surprised by a new poll which found
that 76 percent of Albertans support a ban on anti-gay
discrimination and 51 percent think gay marriage is OK.
Alberta is frequently referred to as Canada's most conservative or redneck province. The poll was conducted by the University of Calgary and the Calgary Herald newspaper. Among Conservatives (Tories), 60 percent of women and 55 percent of men support gay marriage. Among members of the Reform Party, however, only 37 percent of women and 30 percent of men think gays should be allowed to tie the knot. Caymans Will Not Legalize Gay Sex
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook says London is willing to force the changes on its Overseas Territories if they refuse to act. Gay sex is illegal in Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, the Caymans and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Other dependent territories covered by the citizenship plan include Ascension Island, Bermuda, the Pitcairn Islands, St. Helena, South Georgia, Tristan de Cunha, the Chagos Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and the South Sandwich Islands. People in Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands already have British citizenship. ILGA Maps The Gay World
The web site of the International Lesbian and Gay Association
offers a new country-by-country survey of the legal situation of
lesbians and gays around the globe -- from criminal law to
parenting, transgendered issues to AIDS.
ILGA's Nigel Warner cited this news column as a primary source of information for the project. "Often it has seemed as though one could write the history of the LGBT movement in a particular country just from your archive," he said. "And on many occasions almost the only information we have on a country is from your archive. ... So, a heartfelt 'thank you' for your consistent, continuous, careful reporting over all these years." The project can be accessed at www.ilga.org. |
