Wednesday, April 14, 2004
On Saturday, March 6, 2004, took place in Sidney, New South Wales, Australia, the Sidney Mardi Gras Gay Parade, the world's largest (no comparison with the one in Mecca!). Oronzo Renna visited it on behalf of "merrygayhorny" for this Gay section of BUTTERBACH.NET and EXTERRITORIAL.NET. In spite of the heavy rain that unfortunately this year overshadowed the event, he shot a long film for us I hope to be able to put on this website as soon as possible. This would be a first, as so far this site has not offered any streaming content. It would fit the streaming rain though, and we do hope for some streaking content, aren't we? ;-) I haven't seen the film yet myself. As an appetizer, the following few pictures taken from the film to give you a glimpse of the atmosphere down under on that day... The last picture taken at night is promising!
Posted by Christian Butterbach @ 06:45 PM GMT+1 [Link]
Sunday, April 4, 2004
Happy Easter and Passover!
www.lauwaert.ch
weg uit de slavernij, goed Pasen
sortie de l’esclavage, bonnes Pâques
uscita dalla schiavitù , buona Pasqua
out of slavery, happy Passover
Anne
I side with the wishes of Anna Lauwaert. Out of slavery! The exodus from (gay bashing!) Egypt is more necessary than ever.
And leave those eggs alone!... ;-)
Posted by Christian Butterbach @ 12:28 PM GMT+1 [Link]
Friday, April 2, 2004
29 March 2004
(London) A move to add sexuality to the list of categories protected by the United Nations has been dropped in the midst of intense pressure from the Vatican and Muslim nations.
It is the second year in a row that the motion has been withdrawn at the Geneva-based UN Commission on Human Rights. The proposal had been put forward by Brazil and supported by Canada and most of the European Union states.
Brazil dropped the motion when it became clear the Vatican and Arab countries led by Egypt would not let it pass.
One member of the European Parliament called the opposition "The Unholy Axis".
“Millions of people across the globe face imprisonment, torture, violence, and discrimination because of their sexual orientation,” said MEP Michael Cashman, who is gay.
“For the second year running the UN has failed to condemn this discrimination and the continuing abuses of human rights on the basis of a person’s sexuality.
“Both the Vatican and the Conference of Islamic States should hang their heads in shame for having reduced their beliefs to the gutter of bigotry and discrimination,” said Cashman, an actor before he turned to politics.
The same "axis" is attempting in New York to revoke an executive order by Secretary General Kofi Annan that would provide the same-sex partners of UN workers the same benefits as married couples if their home countries approve.
Posted by Christian Butterbach @ 09:24 PM GMT+1 [Link]
