Two news items, separated by thousands of geographical miles,but with a common leitmotif came across recently ..
Aussie bars...
First one relates to Down Under where a gay bar has won the right to ban straight individuals. It intends to provide "provide an environment in which gay men can express their sexuality without feeling threatened".
The news report published in The Independent on 29th May 2007, says that the gay men were being "gawked at" as if they were exhibits in a zoo. The Pub's owner said, "Heterosexuals have other places to go to; my homosexuals do not."
Pakistani courts..
On the other side of the world (literally!), in what is becoming an increasing turmoiled state - Pakistan , a court jailed the country's first publicly acknowledged same-sex couple for perjury.
The couple, who married last year had approached the Lahore High Court for protection, were instead turned away to the gallows for three years separately.
The couple on being queried said, “No matter, no matter. We love each other.”
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