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...Iceland, Sigurdardottir now sits at the head of that table. In a country where gay men and women have few battles left to fight, she's thought of first as a politician. That may explain the media's indifference to her sexuality. Some editors in Reykjavik say they ignored it to respect Sigurdardottir's privacy. Thorhallsson, of the University of Iceland, who is himself gay, believes that shows there is still work to be done. "It's a strange claim because she isn't in the closet," he says. "It shows that the media doesn't really know...
...Read: "Iceland Picks the World's First Openly Gay...
...sorry to see that the passing of Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary was overlooked in your Farewells section. In addition to touching millions as a folksinger, Travers championed the causes about which she sang--including civil rights, the Vietnam War and the gay-rights movement. Her activism and art will live on forever...
...Anti-Gay Law's U.S. Roots...
Western governments have hit a snag in their demands that Uganda drop a proposal to impose the death penalty for homosexual behavior: it may have been partly inspired by Americans. A draft of the bill was introduced in April, a month after three Evangelical Christians gave talks on "the gay agenda" to politicians and police officers. The Americans have said they had no intention of stoking hatred; one called the bill "horrible...