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¿De
qué estamos hablando en Europa Esta
Semana?
 [07
- 14.02.2004]: Breves
en Español
del Corresponsal de Enkidu en Europa:
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Bélgica:
Se permite a Los Hombres Gay Donar Sangre de Nuevo
- Italia: Besos
en Roma por el Día de Valentín
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Alemania:
Fiestas – Unisex para Gays
Heterosexuales - Noruega:
El Nuevo Icono Gay - Alemania: La
integración en lugar de la Segregación -
Anna Netrebko en Austria - Noticias Viejas: Liv
Ullmann en Sex and the City
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 [04.11.2003]:
El
número de personas que se han infectado con el VIH en Bélgica ha
aumentado
[28.10.2003]:Malta
anuncia que prohibirá
la discriminación
contra gays y
lesbianas... por
presión de la Unión
Europea
[06.10.2003]:
La
Unión Europea se
aproxima a la
perspectiva
holandesa sobre
derechos gay
[06.10.2003]:Irlanda:
Pensionado
y su pareja del
mismo género
reciben pases
gratuitos de autobus
y de servicio ferreo.
 [09.09.2003]:
Finlandia
propone que las
parejas del mismo
sexo tengan derechos
limitados de adopción
de menores
[12.08.2003]:
La
Iglesia de
Irlanda
publica un
reporte sobre
asuntos gay
[12.08.2003]:
El
Nuevo
Embajador,
abiertamente
gay, de
Diamarca en
Israel
manifiesta
sorpresa por
la atención
que le dan los
medios masivos
de comunicación
©
LIOW-LB/ENKIDU
[12.08.2003]:
Denmark’s
new openly gay
ambassador to
Israel
surprised by
media
attention
©
LIOW-LB/ENKIDU
[17.06.2003]:En
Reijeka, Croacia, el Papa
Católico realiza las peores
críticas a las familias gay.
[01.04.2003]:
FINLANDIA: Tony
Halme, ex boxeador profesional y miembro del
Parlamento Finlandés, causó estupor al llamar
“lesbiana” a Tarja Halonen, Presidenta del país...
[03.12.2002]:
El
Asunto de la Adopción Gay Será Votado
en el Parlamento Danés, por
LIOW-LB/Enkidu:
[24.06.2003]:
Carlos
Biendicho,
presidente de
los gays del
PP, ha sido
amenazado por
ETA
[20.05.2003]:FRANCIA: Brigit
Bardot: “Los
gays arruinan a Francia,”
06.05.2003: SUIZA: En Ginebra finaliza Sesión Anual de la Comisión de
Derechos Humanos de la ONU:
Argentina se opuso a reconocer la libertad sexual
como un Derecho Humano
La votación se pospuso hasta el próximo año.
[06.05.2003]:
: ESPAÑA: Gays y lesbianas abuchean a Ana Botella en Madrid
[22.04.2003]
La empresa Sirius inicia transmisiones vía satélite
–por suscripción- de una estación que centra su atención
en la población gay - lésbiana - bisexual -y-transgénero.
[20.01.2003]
Agence France-Presse reporta que José Maria Mendiluce,
candidato del Partido Verde para la alcaldía de Madrid ha
salido del clóset...
[18.02.2003]:
Estrasburgo, Francia: El
Parlamento Europeo insta a sus miembros a reconocer a
las familias gay más
[18.02.2003]:
España: "Soy
bi en todo" Bigas
Luna reconoce su bisexualidad al tiempo que insta a la salida del clóset
18.02.2003:
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ELLOS NOS QUIEREN- Reflexión
sobre el apoyo buga a las personas GLBT
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Bélgica
aprueba ley que permite el matrimonio civil entre personas del
mismo género |
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Marc
Verwilghen, Ministro de Justicia,
Foto: © 2000 Agence France-Presse |
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La única
diferencia con el matrimonio civil heterosexual es que las
parejas gay no podrán adoptar menores de edad más
30.11.2002:
BELGICA:
El
Senado
aprueba
el
Matrimonio
Civil
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[15
- 21.02.2004]: ESTA SEMANA, los Artículos
de la Semana en Europa
en Español,
y Breves
del Corresponsal de Enkidu
[07
- 14.02.2004]:
Brief
News in English from Enkidu's Correspondent in Europe
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BRIEF NEWS |
| [15.02.2004]: Sweden:
Robert and Fredrik: Proud and Happy
Future Fathers |
| Robert
and Fredrik Skoglund from Hässelby
outside Stockholm have been formally
approved as adoptive parents as one of
the first same sex couples in Sweden
after the new legislation was
introduced last year. The happy couple
now faces a much bigger challenge than
the Swedish bureaucracy though: They
are now looking for a country where
they may find a child to adopt and
bring to Sweden (As in other Nordic
countries, the overwhelming majority
of all adopted children are brought to
Sweden from third world countries
through adoption agencies. There are
extremely few Swedish born children
available for adoption). “We hope
that the adoption agencies start
working to find countries that are
willing to give children to homosexual
parents”, Robert Skoglund said to
Radio Stockholm(©
Enkidu/SR) |
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| [15.02.2004]: Flanders:
New decree opens for same sex couples
as adoptive parents:The regional parliament of the Flanders (the northern
Flemish speaking part of Belgium) has
issued a new decree on adoption, which
among other reforms also grant same
sex couples the possibility to adopt
children on the same terms as
heterosexual couples. The decree will
be effective from January 2005
according to the Flemish newspaper De
Morgen. Until now, homosexuals have
only been allowed to adopt as
individuals in Belgium.
© Enkidu/De Morgen
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| [15.02.2004] France:
Pink Revolution on TV: |
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The
Market Research Institute „Media-G-net“
in France published last week a survey
indicating that gay topics are
increasingly present in French
television. During 2003, 764 programs
with homosexuality as topic were
broadcasted, 178 more than in 2002. It
is expected that these numbers will
explode this year, since a new gay
targeted TV-channel “Pink TV” is
starting up these days. However, the
producers may be forced to modify
their high expectations. On Friday
February 13, “Follement Gay”, a
new magazine program targeting gay and
lesbian viewers was transmitted in
prime time on French national
television for the first time. Surveys
indicate that only 2,5 million
viewers, 13,6% of all people watching
television in France at that moment
chose to watch the program |
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© Enkidu/media-g
Related
article: [15.04.2003] PINK
TV primera televisora por cable para
la población GLBT en Francia
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| [15.02.2004]: Almost
1/3 of all Swedes watched the Gay
of the Year Show on TV: |
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year Sverker Åström,
86 years old famous Swedish diplomat,
former ambassador in Paris and at the
UN Headquarters was elected “Gay of
the Year”
(Ǻrets Homo) in Sweden.
The
announcement of the winner and the
prize ceremony took place during
Gaygalan (Gala Gay), a huge annual
show from an exclusive club in
Stockholm Hamburger Börs,
transmitted in the National Swedish
Broadcasting, and the society
event for the gay community in Sweden.
This year, the show was watched by
31,2% of all viewers watching
television in Sweden last Saturday
according to the Market Research
Institute MMS (© Enkidu/QX.se). |
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| [15.02.2004]: Syphilis
Epidemic in Germany: |
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www.deutsche-aidshilfe.de
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Syphilis
is a growing problem everywhere in
Europe. After similar reports from
France, the Netherlands and the Nordic
countries, also Germany now reports an
explosion in the number of registered
Syphilis cases, probably reflecting a
general trend towards more unsafe sex.
The number of registered new
infections increased with 45% in 2002.
Berlin has the highest concentration
of registered cases with 15,4 cases per 100.000 inhabitants. Many of
the infected men also have HIV. It
is expected that the number for 2003
will be even more dramatic. The
national German Anti-Aids organisation
Deutsche Aidshilfe together
with the renown Robert Koch Institute
is now running a campaign targeting
men who have sex with men encouraging
people to take a syphilis test.
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campaign poster to the left can now be
seen in subways and on advertisement
boards throughout Germany as well as
in many gay establishments. The text
says: Condoms protect for HIV. They
cannot bring a 100% protection against
syphilis.
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[18.02.2004]:
Germany:
Local Elections in Hamburg. Campaign
Posters targeting GBLT voters:
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The
Green Party:
The
most colourful candidate in this
year’s election in Hamburg: Olivia
Jones, famous transvestite and artist.
She is an independent candidate and is
designated “the candidate of the
heart” in this year’s election. © Enkidu
| [20.02.2004]: Kate
Winslet as Nora in Ibsen’s
Doll’s House: |
| Last week we were so enthusiastic finally to
have a pretext to bring a little
story about Liv Ullmann, and
then it turned out to be old
news… Well, this week we are
more up to date: Liv Ullmann’s
film project “Et Dukkehjem”
based on Ibsen’s famous play A
Doll’s House will feature Kate
Winslet as Nora. Financing of
the project has been secured and
Kate has also accepted the role,
which Liv Ullmann said to NRK
(Norwegian National Broadcasting
Corpration) this morning (20th
of February).. The film is
intended for international
distribution and will have
English dialogue. Liv hope that
the film can be released around
Christmas 2005.
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| [20.02.2004]:
Same
Sex Marriages in Cambodia? |
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The
German News Service for the gay community
gaywinner.de wrote on Friday 20th
of February that the king of Cambodia, 81
years old Norodom Sihanouk was so touched
after having watched the many news stories
recently on television that he now wants to
allow same sex couples to do the same in his
own country.
According to gaywinner.de, the King
writes on his official homepage that God
intended homosexuality as a part of the
wealth of diversity among human beings and
animals, Therefore gays and Lesbians as well
as transsexuals and transvestites should be
accepted and respected in the country. We
hope we will be able to bring more
information from Cambodia in the next issue
of Enkidu.
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any case, the king’s homepage is a
beautiful example of a head of state’s
communication with his people. Every day
several handwritten messages, comments and
observations from the king to the world are
scanned and placed on his homepage. For the
time being he is in medical treatment in
China, but even from there, he continues
this tradition. © Enkidu/gaywinner.de
http://www.norodomsihanouk.info/ |
POLITICA |
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[14.02.2004]:Attack
against gay senator in Hamburg
por LIOWLB/ENKIDU
Hamburg in shock: Escalating
violence against politicians: Gay Senator attacked with knife in
the street in the middle of the day, another senator got a cream
cake in his face during a debate.
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[14.02.2004]:
Paternal
Love:
Ole von Beust talks to the press about his
private life
por
LIOWLB/Enkidu
Hamburg
is preparing for its first local election after last year’s
scandal. The city’s now openly
gay mayor, Ole von Beust has for the first time talked to the
press about himself and his private life. Among other things, he
thanks his father for having outed him in the media last year...
more
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DERECHOS
HUMANOS |
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[14.02.2004]:
17 year old Iranian expelled from Sweden
por
LIOWLB/ENKIDU
A
17 year gay old Iranian boy was denied asylum and will be
expelled, a decision which has generated emotional debates in
Sweden [Read on]. All over Europe similar cases have been
reported recently and the number is steadily growing as a result
of stricter policies throughout the continent intended to limit
immigration.
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Last year Enkidu wrote about the Lesbian woman Sima,
also from Iran who was denied asylum in Norway. This
week, the Gay News Magazine Siegessäule in Berlin has written
about Sasa Kahrimanovec from Bosnia-Herzegowina, 23 years old
and openly gay and in a similar situation in Germany. He
will also within shortly be returned and he expresses to Siegessäule,
that returning him equals an execution. Amnesty International in
Germany works on the case...
more
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SOCIEDAD Y CULTURA |
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[14.02.2004]:
Teddy
2004
18th
TEDDY Awards 2004 Queer Film Award at the Berlin
International Film Festival
This Year, a
French film about a transexual prostitute, "Wild Side" by
Sebastien Lifshitz was awarded with Teddy, the prize for the best
gay feature movie at the Belinale, the Annual International Film
Festival in Berlin.
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The
Danish Ministry of Health prohibits all sale and consumption of
poppers. Enkidu summarizes the recent Danish debate on poppers.
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Contact
Enkidu’s correspondent in Europe:
larsib@hotmail.com
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