Dr. Aubrey Levin, a psychiatrist who kept accusations of gross human rights violations in apartheid-era South Africa hidden, has been charged in Calgary, Alberta with sexually abusing a male patient. Levin, who worked at the University of Calgary medical school before being suspended from practising by the province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, allegedly indecently assaulting a 36 year old man repeatedly. Levin has worked in Canada for some 15 years since leaving South Africa, where he was the chief psychiatrist in the apartheid-era military, where he was infamous for using electric shock therapy to “cure” gay white conscripts. He also held conscientious objectors against their will at a military hospital because they were “disturbed,” subjecting them to a course of powerful drug regimens, and chemically castrated a number of gay men, again, in an effort to “cure” them. According to reports, since settling Canada and being hired by the University, Levin has been able to suppress reports of his past crimes by threatening lawsuits against several new organizations. His arrest, and the charges have raised questions about how he was able to immigrate to the country, and how he was hired by the University of Calgary.
Alejandro Sam Gray pled guilty to two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, with a hate crime enhancement for attacking two men at a gay bar on March 1st, 2009, and the 18 year old was sentence to twenty years in prison. He, along with two other men, threw concrete blocks at two patrons of Robert’s Lafitte bar in Galveston, Texas, a well known gay bar. One of the men was hit on the head and required twelve stitches. One of the two other men charged - 21 year old Lawrence Henry Lewis III – pled guilty in January to one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with a hate crime enhancement, but reached an agreement to only serve five years. The third, Lawrence’s brother, Larneil, is scheduled to appear in court in April. Gray’s family and friends expressed dismay and shock at the sentence, given that the District Attorney recommended five years. Judge Susan Criss, of the 212 District Court, in delivering the sentence, said “It has been suggested that the actions by (Gray) were done because of his youth, because of his immaturity and because he was following the wrong crowd, and I am not buying any of that. He made a decision to commit a crime of violence and a crime of hate.”
On Saturday, State Senator Dennis Damon, a Democrat from Trenton, Maine, was among those honoured by EqualityMaine, at its 26th annual awards dinner. Damon, a straight ally, sponsored the bill to end discrimination in civil marriage. Maine legalized gay marriage, but a referendum passed in November overturning the law. EqualityMaine was founded in 1984, and is the state’s largest LGBT advocacy groups. Also honoured was Jimmy Lucibello, an HIV/AIDS outreach worker who played a significant role in the campaign opposed to the referendum. In accepting the award, he made mention that in Maine, one in three new HIV infections are individuals under the age of 35.
Hedi Slimane diary is updated, including a portrait of Gus Van Sant.
Newly updated casting photographs of Marlon Teixeira, so smoking sexy.
Meet John and Benjamin, the East Village Boys of the week. (Sort of NSFW)
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