KATMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of gays, lesbians, transvestites and their supporters danced through the Nepalese capital Wednesday in the country’s first international gay parade.The participants dressed in colorful clothes thronged the main streets of Kathmandu, led by Sunil Pant, a member of Nepal’s parliament and the nation’s most prominent gay activist. 

Pant’s gay rights group organized the parade to campaign for greater rights for sexual minorities in Nepal. “Our message is ending all forms of discrimination,” Pant told reporters.

By Binaj Gurubacharya (CP)

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KATMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of gays, lesbians, transvestites and their supporters danced through the Nepalese capital Wednesday in the country’s first international gay parade.The participants dressed in colorful clothes thronged the main streets of Kathmandu, led by Sunil Pant, a member of Nepal’s parliament and the nation’s most prominent gay activist.  Pant’s gay rights group [...]

OTTAWA — The federal government will hold its G20 summit in the heart of Toronto’s financial district over the last weekend of June, The Canadian Press has learned.

The decision will bring tens of thousands of visitors into the downtown core but it will also sideline baseball fans and the gay community as it kicks off a week of Pride activities.

An official announcement is not expected for a few weeks, but sources tell The Canadian Press the Metro Toronto Convention Centre next to the CN Tower has been selected over locations outside the downtown core.

Ottawa has already hosted a G8 summit and other international meetings in the building. Plus, it gives the federal government a chance to put the spotlight on its stable financial district at a time when G20 leaders are looking for good role models.

“The whole point is to showcase Canada as an attractive place to do business and the way we regulate our banking sector,” said Andrew MacDougall, a spokesman for the prime minister.

“We have a good story and we want it told well,” he said, without confirming the location.

The Gay Pride Parade, which usually draws over a million visitors from around the world, has already been pushed back a week.

Normally, the parade is held on the last weekend in June, after a week of festivities. The parade is meant to commemorate New York City’s Stonewall Riots of June 28, 1969.

Organizers have postponed everything by a week in anticipation of summit activities. Still, Gay Pride activities will start just before the summit, on June 25, and build up to a parade a week after the summit, on July 4.

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OTTAWA — The federal government will hold its G20 summit in the heart of Toronto’s financial district over the last weekend of June, The Canadian Press has learned. The decision will bring tens of thousands of visitors into the downtown core but it will also sideline baseball fans and the gay community as it kicks [...]

Moscow’s mayor, Yuri M. Luzhkov, an outspoken opponent of gay rights groups, vowed Monday to again prevent a gay parade in the city. Mr. Luzhkov referred to gay parades as “satanic,” the Interfax news agency reported. Members of gay groups have tried to march in Moscow in recent years, only to be detained or dispersed. “We haven’t permitted such a parade and we won’t permit it in the future,” said Mr. Luzhkov, above. “It’s high time that we stop propagating nonsense discussions about human rights, and bring to bear on them the full force and justice of the law.” Gay rights groups said they would press ahead with plans for a parade in May.

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Moscow’s mayor, Yuri M. Luzhkov, an outspoken opponent of gay rights groups, vowed Monday to again prevent a gay parade in the city. Mr. Luzhkov referred to gay parades as “satanic,” the Interfax news agency reported. Members of gay groups have tried to march in Moscow in recent years, only to be detained or dispersed. [...]

One of the duties of being a politician is meeting and greeting with different people, groups and organizations in your political territory, and recently Mayor Dan Rogers met with another group of young people in this city.
Say what you will about Mayor Rogers’ fiscal policies while running the city, but he has shown in the past (marching in the PRIDE parade) and in the story we ran in this paper on Jan. 8 that he is not afraid too buck the trend.
Meeting recently with a group of teens at the school district’s Gay-Straight Alliance youth group, Rogers said, “It gives the kids a nice opportunity to learn a bit about municipal government, and ask questions. It’s quite cool,” he said.
But for some reason, there are people in this city who seem to think that being gay, transgendered, bisexual, a cross-dresser or even meeting with someone who is, is some form of disease.
We have several letters to the editor on this page today stating their utter disgust that the mayor would meet with this young group of people. One even says she believed mayor Rogers to be a family man, seeming to imply that he is no longer a family man because he met with the Gay-Straight Alliance

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One of the duties of being a politician is meeting and greeting with different people, groups and organizations in your political territory, and recently Mayor Dan Rogers met with another group of young people in this city. Say what you will about Mayor Rogers’ fiscal policies while running the city, but he has shown in [...]

The first-ever gay pagenat is to be held in China

BEIJING — A gay pageant is to be held for the first time in China, where homosexuality remains largely hidden, to crown the man who will represent the Asian nation at a worldwide contest, organisers said Thursday.

The Mr Gay China pageant will take place on January 15 at a club in Beijing, ahead of the Mr Gay World competition in Norway in February, Ben Zhang, founder of gay media and PR website gayographic.org, told AFP.

“There will be sportswear and swimsuit segments, a Q&A session, and a panel of judges will select the winner based on overall performance,” Zhang said.

The pageant will be open to anyone who lives in China — local or foreign, and contestants can apply online, he said.

“Being homosexual, in general we get a lot of discrimination everywhere, so we are not going to discriminate against any contestants,” Zhang said.

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BEIJING — A gay pageant is to be held for the first time in China, where homosexuality remains largely hidden, to crown the man who will represent the Asian nation at a worldwide contest, organisers said Thursday. The Mr Gay China pageant will take place on January 15 at a club in Beijing, ahead of [...]

One million people from marching down Avenida Atlântica in Copacabana yesterday for Rio’s 14th Annual Gay Pride Parade. Rio’s mayor Eduardo Paes guaranteed that the parade will receive more incentive from the government next year, when it celebrates its 15th anniversary. According to newspaper O Dia, the investment for 2010 may be of up to R$ 800,000, which is a significant number when you consider that the city spent a mere R$ 100,000 in the event this year. Just so you know, it is estimated that the parade brought in over R$ 45 million in revenue to the city last year.

One million people from marching down Avenida Atlântica in Copacabana yesterday for Rio’s 14th Annual Gay Pride Parade. Rio’s mayor Eduardo Paes guaranteed that the parade will receive more incentive from the government next year, when it celebrates its 15th anniversary. According to newspaper O Dia, the investment for 2010 may be of up to [...]

Toronto will host World Pride 2014 after winning a vote in Florida by leaders of gay and lesbian organizations around the globe.

The city’s World Pride committee thought they had won after the first vote Sunday, in which Toronto beat Stockholm, 77 votes to 61. The victory eliminated Stockholm but did not reach the two-thirds majority Toronto needed.

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Toronto will host World Pride 2014 after winning a vote in Florida by leaders of gay and lesbian organizations around the globe. The city’s World Pride committee thought they had won after the first vote Sunday, in which Toronto beat Stockholm, 77 votes to 61. The victory eliminated Stockholm but did not reach the two-thirds [...]