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LOCAL NEWS
Apartheid army forced gay troops into sex changes

THE Mail & Guardian is conducting ongoing investigation into bizarre experiments in gender reassignment during apartheid on gay conscripts during the 1970s and 1980s.
 

  • Military mutilation - another victim steps forward
  • Tukkies was warned of Levine's experiments
  • SANDF protects rights of all
  • "I was also a victim but I got away."
  • Paul Kirk reports on "cure" of "deviants"
  • Gay "freaks" given chance to change
  • Many left asexual
  • Howard Barrell talks to a victim
  • NCGLE mutilation of gays

    Prison Aids policy on trial
     A MAN who contracted HIV while in prison is suing government.
    He did not know the fellow prisoner was HIV-positive

    TAC to sue govmt over Nevirapine
    The Treatment Action Campaign has sent a letter to the government threatening legal action should the minster not commit to mother-to-child transmission prevention.
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    AFRICA

    Zimbabwean opposition pro gay

    The leader of Movement for Democratic Change says "the MDC would always welcome gays and lesbians as long as they respect the laws of Zimbabwe."
    Tsvangirai reaches out

    Nigerians demand gay rights

    With the installation of a civilian government this past spring, gay and les- bian activists have formed ALFON to push for recognition and equality for gays and lesbians
    Alternative lifestyles want reform


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    		  INTERNATIONAL
    Gay issue clouds sunny Republican convention
     GEORGE W. Bush's determination to portray the Republican party as a haven for minorities has forced it to confront homosexuality, an issue which stirs deep unease and fierce opposition from its moral and religious base.
    Republicans get gay friendly.

    Gore picks Lieberman as running mate
     US presidential hopeful and current Vice President surprises many by nominating the Connecticut Senator, and Orthodox Jew, as his second in command.
    Both parties woo the gay vote

    Pride 2000
    Info on the Johannesburg and Cape Town events

    * Pride web site
    * General info
    * Dates, times, venues
    * Competitions
    * Contact details
    * Goals
    * Buying and selling
    * Programme of events


    GLOBAL LINKS

    		 
    		  GLOBAL NEWS SITES
    Behind the Mask (Africa)
    Gay.com (UK)
    Gay.com (US)
    The Advocate
    Planet Out


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