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Plus there are FREE subscriptions to Gay.com Personals for a year up for grabs for 20 lucky people who fill in the survey! http://uk.gay.com/survey/ ________________________________________________________________________ GERMAN LGBT GROUP LOBBY EGYPTIAN TRAVEL COMPANIES OVER GAY PERSECUTION The LGBT arm of Amnesty International in Germany have lobbied the Egyptian travel industry over the country's persecution of gays. http://uk.gay.com/news/5365 MAGAZINE PROBES JODIE FOSTER ON HER SEXUALITY In an interview with Marie-Claire magazine, actress Jodie Foster was questioned about her sexuality - but she was giving little away about her private life. http://uk.gay.com/news/5364 ITALY TO ALLOW LIVER TRANSPLANTS IN HIV PATIENTS Italy is to allow liver transplants for HIV patients after the AIDS Commission and National Transplant Centre overturned a ban it said was discriminatory against people with the virus. http://uk.gay.com/news/5363 LONDON GETS NEW GAY MEMBER'S CLUB After much hype, London's latest gay member's club, The Sweet Suite, has opened its doors in Soho. http://uk.gay.com/news/5362 HEATHCLIFF GETS SEX CHANGE IN BBC MAKEOVER The BBC is giving Emily Bronte's Heathcliff a sex change in a contemporary remake of her classic novel Wuthering Heights. http://uk.gay.com/news/5361 SUPERMARKET MANAGER STOLE TO FUND SEX CHANGE A transsexual man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment, after being found guilty of steeling �600,000 from the supermarket chain, Somerfield to fund a future sex change operation. http://uk.gay.com/news/5360 PROM BAN STUDENT WINS HUGE SUPPORT A student who has been banned from taking his boyfriend to the school prom has been surprised at how much support he has received. http://uk.gay.com/news/5359 US HEALTH OFFICIALS BATTLE TO STOP SYPHILIS SPREAD As syphilis infection rates in gay and bisexual men keep rising in many metropolitan areas, health officials are trying new tactics in the absence of a federal prevention strategy. http://uk.gay.com/news/5358 BI US CAPTAIN TESTS "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" POLICY An Army captain who has repeatedly been denied a discharge for being bisexual plans to submit a "coming-out" statement to support his claim. http://uk.gay.com/news/5357 GAY FRAUD SUSPECT MAY BE IN WASHINGTON Patric Henn, a Florida gay man suspected of conning charities out of thousands of dollars after claiming he lost his life partner in the Sept. http://uk.gay.com/news/5356 UK'S FIRST 24 HOUR GAY RADIO STATION TO RELAUNCH The UK's first 24 hour gay radio station, LBH, is to relaunch with a new name and focus. http://uk.gay.com/news/5355 TEENAGERS BEAT UP MAN IN BRIGHTON BECAUSE HE'S GAY A gang of boys as young as 12 beat up a man in Brighton, just because he is gay. http://uk.gay.com/news/5354 YORKIE BARS DEFINITELY NOT IN PINK The new advertising campaign for the Yorkie chocolate bar, which was launched in 1976, has been described as sexist and homophobic. http://uk.gay.com/news/5353 AUSTRALIAN "ACTED OUT OF LOVE" IN HELPING GAY EX-LOVER DIE A man from Melbourne, Australia father acted out of love when he helped his HIV-positive ex-lover commit suicide, a Supreme Court judge was told. http://uk.gay.com/news/5352 MANCHESTER GAY MAN SACKED FOR SEXUALLY HARASSING WOMAN A gay cleaning manager from Manchester has been sacked for sexually harassing a female security guard. http://uk.gay.com/news/5351 LONDON'S MAYOR SAYS POLICE CHIEF VICTIM OF HOMOPHOBIC WITCH-HUNT London's Mayor Ken Livingstone has said police chief Brian Paddick was the victim of an "orchestrated campaign"which was "highly homophobic, intrusive and personal". http://uk.gay.com/news/5350 STATESMAN TAKES HIV TEST, URGES ZAMBIANS TO DO SAME Former Zambian leader and African statesman Kenneth Kaunda has taken a public HIV test and asked other politicians and the people of Zambia to do the same to halt the spread of AIDS. http://uk.gay.com/news/5349 "EX-GAY" MINISTRY MOVING US HQ Exodus International, the "ex-gay" ministry, has moved its US headquarters from Seattle to Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando, Florida, as of mid-March. http://uk.gay.com/news/5348 US LAWMAKERS ENDORSE GAY BILL, MISS DEADLINE A Connecticut state legislative panel in the US voted Monday to support extending limited legal rights to same-sex couples, but it failed to meet an administrative deadline for delivering the decision. http://uk.gay.com/news/5347 PURPLE IN THE PARK TICKETS ON SALE Tickets to Purple In The Park 2002 will be going on sale from Thursday 28th March 2002. http://uk.gay.com/news/5346 ________________________________________________________________________ GAY.COM COMPONENTS FOR YOUR HOMEPAGE: Webmasters - 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