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• parliament is preparing to adopt West Gennany's jawS wholesaIe. If that happens, gay East German sexually active boys between ages 14 and 18 will effectively become criminals overnight. Since reunification, Paragraph 175 has moved to the forefront of the German gay agenda, . "We have to show our opposition to any attempt to extend this unjust and anachronistic Jaw into the territory which was fonnerly East Gennany," said protest organizer Karsten Friedel, The demonstration began at East Berlin's central Alexanderplatz and wound through the heart of the city, catching the attention of tens of thousands of Saturday shoppers. • • • Protestors finished with a rally at the Brandenburg Gate, where speakers demanded "completely equal legal and social rights for lesbians and gay men." . Meanwhile, a new Washingtonbased human rights gro~ps, Gay and Lesbian Watch, recently wrote Chancellor Helmut Kohl complaining about the discrepancy between the two Germanies' . age-of-consent laws, They received a response that said that Kohl "understands your desire to have this issue reopened." The return letter added that until the new German parliament finds time to address "numerous complex issues," the legal age for gay sex in the five Eastern states will remain at 14. . Paragraph" 175 was enacted in 1871, during the rule of Chancellor Otto A FIVE HOUR FUNDRAJSING DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA SATURDAY, • DECEMBER8, 1990 Benefiting Gay Men's Health Crisis JAVITS CENTER . SIGN-IN 6 PM DANCE7 TO MIDNIGHT Pre-Registration Required • 20 OUTWEEK o.c.....b.r 5.1990 • Ister ca • von Bismarck. It has been targeted by homosexual rights campaigners for almost 100 years, since groundbreaking gay activist Magnus Hirschfeld fIrSt petitioned the Reichstag for its repeal in 1897, -Rex Wockner.iChicago ASIAN GAY GROUPS ORKIN BANGKOK-As the gay liberation movement continues its spread into developing nations, more than 30 Asian activists gathered in late August in Bangkok to share ideas and plot international strategy. The conference was hosted by the Fraternity for AIDS Cessation in Thailand ---ml oJBanization known as much for its gay rights WOlk as AIDS activism. . Delegates attended from Guam, Japan and Malaysia, and gay groups in many other Asian nations, including Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, sent letters regretting that they did not have any travel funds. Several absent organizations sent papers detailing the state of their lc:x:algay movements. As the conference opened, key Thai activistNatee Teerarojjanapongs told delegates, "Over the past decade, we have seen a dramatic shift in acceptance of gay identity and lifestyles in Bangkok, as the result of the development of a Significant gay business community, ii vigorous gay press and the role of good gay men presented in the media." Japanese delegates described a new spirit of gay liberation in their nation. Asian Wind editor Seiichi Madon said that "the single lifestyle" (dokushtn shug{J has become trendy in the past five years and has created a niche for gay men who want to eschew marriage and parenthood. "Let us speak up courageously without being afraid of disputes," added Teishiri Minami of the Japanese International Lesbian and Gay Association Support Group. • "We must stand up now-not for someone else but for ourselves so we can live faithfully and truthfully." Malaysian delegates from the Pink Triangle otganization said that homosexuality
• • • • • • deteriorating fof. two years. At first, overt harassment came only from police, who arbitrarily arrest gays nightly in the streets to "check" their urecords" or because they are prone to "sexual promiscuity in public." Five laws are used in the ongoing crackdown. The laws pennit detainment of "suspicious persons," suspected prostitutes, persons who permit same-sex dancing, wear "improper clothes" or operate an establishment where "homo- ECHO, SCHME· C M 0: Staffers at the Irish Echo, New York's right-wing Irish weekly, we re all set to loan AdWeek a photo of Mary Robinson, the new left-wing president of Ireland, until they - found that they'd heard all wrong. When they learned that the photo b ANDREW MILLER y ~as actually for a story In OutWeek, New Yolk's left-wing gay and lesbian weekly, the Echds Jennifer Grimes said that the Echds photos were in limbo at the printer and were not available after all. Grimes was quick to assure OutWeekthat snafu had nothing to do with this magazine's audience. the Now, community newspapers in New York regular1y share photographs, since few of them can afford the Associated Press's pricey fees. In fact, fIDiarids friendly photo editor has saved the day many a time for OutWeek news. But when a pro-Irish lesbian is elected the head of the Queer Nation, the Irish Echo had better send its own shutterbug. • sexua1s gather for immoral pur.poses." , . In August, the crackdown received de facto official approval when a federal appeals court denied CHA any legal status in Argentine society-forcing the shutqown of gayrights and AIDS work'lfiftionwide and preventing the group from renting an office or collecting money. The court said: "Homosexuality injures the principles of morality and good customs of our society. The pub- REBIRTH OF A (QUEER) NATION: The Twin Cities • clone of the new radical direct-action group was born in : Minneapolis on Nov. 7 and, impatient to get underway, held its first • public display of affection that week. The noon-time kiss-in in front • of the University of Minnesota Armory was meant to protest : ROTC's anti-gay stance and coincided with the ACLU's conference • on combating ROTC, held nearby on campus on Nov. 9. : • DANCING IN THE STREETS: A 19th-centur Czechoslovakian Torah recovered from the Holocaust found a new home at Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, New York's gay and lesbian synagogue. Plundered by the Nazis, the sacred scroll was recovered by the Westminster Synagogue of London, which in tum placed it with the gay synagogue. In keeping with Jewish tradition, congregants carried the Torah in a joyful procession from the CommunitY Center on West 13th Street to the synagogue on nearby Bethune Street HEAD SHOTS: Michael Isbell is the new staff attomey for : 22 OUTWEEK Dec....... r 5, "1990 • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • •• • ••••••• • Michael Isbell Carrie Wofford Stuart Campbell • lie acceptance or legalized promotion of a third hybrid gender would contravene not only the principles of natural law, but also Catholic morality is challenged by all these currents that pursue the glorification of homosexual behavior," the court wrote, CHA is appealing the ruling to the Supreme Court. If that fails, the group will move to the InterAmerican' Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica." -Rex Wocknerl Cbicago AIDS-related issues at New York's Lambda Legal Defense Fund. A Lambda-affiliated attorney since 1985, Isbell, a Harvard grad previously at the white-shoe law firm of Hughes Hubbard and Reed, will replace David Barr, who left Lambda to join the staff of GMHC earlier this year. Gay journalist Carrie Wofford and George Washington University graduate Stuart Campbell are the new youth representatives on the board of the Human Rights Campaign Fund. They replace Bobbi Bernstein and Tad Gardocki, who recently completed their one-year terms. Meanwhile, GMHC's deputy director for policy, David iiiiiiiiiiiiill' Hansell, has been appointed to New York state's AIDS Advisory Council by state Assembly Speaker Mel Miller. The council advises state health commissioner David Axelrod on AIDS issues and policies. And 8ay Area reporter Dennis McMillan was elected to • the national board of the Gay and Lesbian Press Association. Also known as Sister Dana Van Iquity of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, McMillan was chosen at GLPA's Los Angeles board meeting in October. MAPS TO THE STARS: "As a visible public figure, you have a tremendous ability to promote civil rights for lesbians and gay men." So begins the preprinted postcards provided by ACT UPlPortland, urging alleged famous closet-cases to come out and be counted. ACT UP calculates that over 500 have gone out to "over 70 different closeted entertainers, sports figures and politicians."
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