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NEWS & LETTERS, April 2002
Queer Notes
by
Suzanne Rose International
demonstrators from Amnesty International and Al-Fatiha, which represents gay
Arabs, handed out leaflets at a Washington luncheon hosted by the Council on
Foreign Relations. They were protesting the presence of Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak. The leaflets condemned Mubarak and the Egyptian government over the
arrests and trials of 42 gay men at a boat party on the Nile last summer.
Twenty-three of the men have been sentenced to hard labor. The protesters also
condemned the Bush administration for failing to raise human rights concerns at
a previous meeting with Mubarak. *** A
Toronto judge spent two hours criticizing Toronto police for violating the
rights of women during a raid on a lesbian bathhouse. Saying they were acting on
a complaint that illegal activity was taking place, five male officers entered
the Club Toronto baths. The male officers went through the five-story building
for over an hour, despite the fact the women were in various states of undress. *** The
employment rights of British gay men and lesbians could be severely compromised
if the government goes ahead with plans to exempt religious groups from proposed
legislation outlawing discrimination in the workplace. The new legislation
covers sexuality, religion, age and disability. The Gay and Lesbian Humanist
Association says that thousands of jobs controlled by religious bodies could be
denied to "out" gays and atheists. |
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