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i PAGE 20 ▼ Q-Notes ▼ January 20, 2001 (706)722-1155 Augusta, GA The South*s Hottest Gay Playground Upcoming Weekend Evenh I ■ ‘4an 20 - Whipped Cream Party 2#8i 27 - Underwear Party .fkb 2 & 3 - Leather Weekend #,eb 9 & 10 - Red Hot Valentine's Weekend Heb 10-18 - President’s Day Weekend feb 23 & 24 - Toga V^feand 17 - St. Fbtflck'iiF^pring Kick 24 • Carolina Bear’s Spring Par'tyj; www.p“ho Visa / MC / em ^ Room Hot Tub Dum ip Complex ePlay Lovers without borders by Rachel Gold Special to Q-Notes In an increasingly global society, more and more people are involved in an international romance. Because gays and lesbians can’t marry, international same-sex couples are often split between their two countries, travelling back and forth as much as their visas and bank accounts permit. The Internet has given us an inexpensive way to communicate internationally. On the bright side, we can build alliances, sup port GLBT people in repressive countries, and learn about travel opportunities like World Pride. The downside, if you can call it that, is that we can now fall in love with some one halfway around the world. JEFFREY GRANT KOENIG ATTORNEY-AT-LAW SUITE 760 THE ADDISON 831 E. MOREHEAD ST CHARLOTTE, NC 28202-2725 (704) 335-5471 At the risk of encouraging * relationships, I recommend 1 netizens participate in the in ternational GLBT movement. In the US we often tend to forget that we’re not the center of the world. Being in touch with citizens in Canada and the Nether lands shows us how far we have yet to go in our own struggle; and communicating the people in Lebanon or Namibia allows us be grateful fbrwhat we have and challenged to support others. One great way to stay up to date on interna tional GLBT news is to subscribe to the mailing list Queerplanet. To subscribe to Queerplanet, send mail to: majordomo@abacus.oxy.edu. In the mail message, enter only the words: “subscribe queerplanet.” This new international access is not without its dangers, especially for gays and lesbians living in repressive cultures. In late September, the Hu man Rights Watch (www.hrw.org) and the In ternational Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (www.iglhrc.org) publicized the plight of two Lebanese citizens brought to mili tary court. They face three months to three years in prison. “This reflects increasing intolerance by the iii.com en.org (H}2 NeId Mruss BRatl 3 LO^ Charlotte's Only Levi/Leather Bar • Home of the Tradesmen 3707 Wilkinson Boulevard • Charlotte, North Carolina • Phone (704) 399-8413 Fri., Feb. 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Tourney ($50 Prize ■ members only) $1.75 well drinks; Brass Rail Cookout served at 7:30pm Mon-Sat 5:00-2:30, Sun 3:00-2:30 • FREE Pool Mon-Fri 5-8pm • Well lit parking lot government,” said Hanny Megally, executive di rector of the Middle East and North Africa divi sion of Human Rights Watch. “Access to the Internet is an integral part of the right to free expression. And Internet service providers such as Destination should not be liable for Internet content.” “As part of a broader campaign to increase its censorship and control over the Internet, the Lebanese government has targeted a vulnerable and unpopular group (lesbians and gays) but the prosecution of Mr. el Batal and Mr. Mugraby shows that everyone’s rights are at stake and no one should stand by idly,” said Kamal Fizazi, IGLHRC Regional Program Officer for Africa and Southwest Asia. In the next few years, most countries will find that they can’t afford to limit their citizens’ ac cess to the Internet. Such a move keeps them behind the times and makes them an undesir able target for international investors. In the mean time, look for more struggles around control in conservative countries. A funny twist on repressive govern ment came in the recent cancella tion of the Belarus Pride Festi val. In Minsk, the festival, scheduled to take place during the first weekend in September, was can celled after the first hour because organizers did not have permits. The Belarus Lambda League (BLL) accused authorities of banning the festivities, but other Russians gays are accusing the organizers them selves. They charge that organizers failed the fes tivities on purpose to raise more money for their organization. As rumors about the failure grew, the webmaster of the BLL site www.minsk.irex.by/-gayforum) called for an in dependent investigation, the site was shut down. Opponents charge that the failure of the festival was better for BLL because it drew sympathetic attention to the plight of gays and lesbians in Belarus. (For more on this debate see the excel lent site www.gay.ru.) This is a new dynamic for organizations in countries where gays and lesbians are not as well off as in the US. They can draw our attention and contribution through emailed action alerts. This connectivity is also creating more inter national GLBT events. Recently the Mayor of Tel Aviv, Israel, gave his approval to a World Gay Pride event in his city. Mayor Ron Huldai met with members of Agudah (www.glbt.org.il, or in Hebrew: www.eilati.co.il/all/main.htm), a GLBT group, and congratulated them on the idea of hosting a World Gay Pride Day in Tel Aviv. He also joked with them that they should remember there are only 7,000 hotel rooms in the city. Agudah Director General Luba Fein said, “We told him that the visiting tourists would be happy to share their hotel rooms and shower together, and he laughed.” The date for that Gay Pride Day will be June 22, 2001. A great way to be involved in the international GLBT scene is to visit the IGLHRC site every few weeks and read their globe-spanning action alerts. In case you fall in love with someone from another country, you may also want to visit the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force at www.lgirtf org. Until same-sex marriage makes it obsolete, we must do what we can to keep loving couples to gether regardless of political borders. T [Send comments or responses to this column to editor@q-notes.com. 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