In Sydney, Australia, thousands gathered on the step of the city’s famed Opera House, a part of photographer Spencer Tunick’s project – Mardi Gras: The Base. Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival executive producer said that 5,200 individual, from all ages and all walks of life, went nude for Tunick, for art and diversity. Tunick said the shoot – his second in Australia – was about the sameness of individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation. “Gay men and women lay naked next to their straight neighbours” said Tunick, adding that “this delivered a very strong message to the world that Australians embrace a free and equal society.”
Hundreds of Dutch gay activists disrupted a Catholic mass in the Netherlands Sunday. The protest was a response to an incident earlier in February when a priest in the country refused to serve communion to an openly gay man. The Netherlands was the first country in the world to offer gay marriage, legalized in 2001.
In Uganda, advocates opposed to the country’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 will attempt to deliver a petition signed by 500,000 to the speaker of the parliament. The campaign is being organized by Anglican priest Cannon Gideon Byamugisha, joined by HIV/AIDs activists and civic organizations world-wide.
A report of Clay Aiken’s appearance Saturday night at the Human Rights Campaign gala in Raleigh, North Carolina, Aiken delivering an articulate, engaging, and outspoken speech about equality. Aiken, addressing why he took so long to come out, said “what the hell took me so long? I was waiting like so many folks are waiting ... for change. I realize the time for waiting has passed. The power of truth and living honestly is very liberating.”
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