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AUSTRALIA REJECTS HIGH COURT's CALL FOR GAY PENSIO...
2007-07-13 03:41:00
AUSTRALIA REJECTS HIGH COURT's CALL FOR GAY PENSION CHANGEATTORNEY-GENERAL Philip Ruddock has dismissed a call from High Court judge Michael Kirby to change the law so that, when he dies, his homosexual partner can access his judicial pension.The Australia n revealed yesterday that Justice Kirby had asked the Government to consider the change so his partner of 38 years, Johan van Vloten, could access a part pension worth $141,460 a year, payable for life if Justice Kirby died first.Mr Ruddock said yesterday it would be inappropriate to deal with Justice Kirby's request for changes to the law before other gay law reform."I don't think it would be appropriate to deal just with high-profile High Court officers in isolation from the broader question (of gay law reform)," Mr Ruddock told ABC radio."So it is a matter which is before us; it is not a matter in which we are going to act in isolation in relation to a particular claim."The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission releas...
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http://www.gayandlesbianbookshop.com/
2007-07-11 03:46:00
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Human Rights body releases gay report Australia's ...
2007-06-22 01:58:00
Human Rights body releases gay reportAustralia's Human Rights Commissioner has declined to be drawn into an argument with Coalition figures who say there is little or no legal discrimination against same-sex couples.Graeme Innes is launching a Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Report today which found 58 federal laws discriminate against same-sex couples in areas such as superannuation, Medicare and child support.But Nationals leader John Anderson says he finds it hard to identify any rights gay couples do not have, and Prime Minister John Howard says his Government does not support discrimination.Commissioner Innes says legislating for equal rights has support across all political parties."We've had that indicated to us during our inquiry," he said."The Government has said that, for 18 months or two years now, they are committed to remove discrimination against same-sex couples."This report tells them exactly how to do it and it's not hard and we've set out the lega...
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Gay Bar Wins Right To Out Straights ...
2007-05-28 05:16:00
Gay Bar Wins Right To Out Stra ights A gay bar in Melbourne has won a landmark case allowing it, for the first time in Australian history, the ability to legally refuse entry to heterosexual people.The Peel Hotel in Melbourne’s Collingwood applied to the Victorian planning tribunal for the right to not allow entry to straight men and women on the basis of preventing “sexually based insults and violence”.Last week the tribunal granted The Peel an exemption to the Equal Opportunity Act that allows it to prohibit heterosexuals from the venue if it wishes. The Deputy President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Cate McKenzie, wrote in her findings that “sometimes heterosexual groups and lesbian groups insult and deride and are even physically violent towards the gay male patrons.”She mentioned that some women booked hens’ nights at the venue using the gay patrons of The Peel as entertainment. “To regard the gay male patrons of the venue as providing an ente...
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The Gay Hall Of Shame Can we please have a roun...
2007-05-17 05:49:00
The Gay Hall Of Sham eCan we please have a round of applause for Pope Benedict XVI, US President George W. Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? They’ve just topped the Human Rights Watch’s annual “Hall Of Shame ” list for their tireless efforts in undermining human rights and promoting bigotry and hatred against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Isn’t it such a proud moment?The Human Rights Watch have been compiling this list annually since 2005 – it’s all part of the annual International Day Against Homophobia which was celebrated yesterday – May 17 – in more than 50 countries. It marks the day back in 1990 when homosexuality was taken off the World Health Organisation’s roster of disorders.Scott Long, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Programme at Human Rights Watch says, “This hall of shame does not claim to include the worst offenders, but it highlights leaders who have lent their authority to denying basic ...
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Aust among detained gay rights protesters in Russ...
2007-04-28 08:00:00
Aust among detained gay rights protesters in RussiaA prominent Australian-born gay rights activist was among protesters detained in Russia for defying a state ban and briefly staging Moscow's second gay pride march.Peter Tatchell, originally from Melbourne, and several others were attacked by dozens of Russian right-wing extremists as they went ahead with the march, which called for an end to sexual discrimination in the country.The gay rights demonstrators tried to present a letter to the office of Moscow's mayor, Yuriy Luzhkov, appealing against the ban.Mr Luzhkov had earlier described gay pride marches as a "work of Satan".The anti-gay protesters punched, kicked and threw eggs at those taking part in the march, in front of police who only intervened much later.About 20 gay rights demonstrators, including Mr Tatchell, were arrested for taking part in the rally with police also eventually detaining several far-right members.The violence follows a number of outbreaks at last year...
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Gay Flamingos Pull A Chick A pair of gay flaming...
2007-04-28 05:56:00
Gay Flaming os Pull A Chick A pair of gay flamingos in the UK have become proud foster parents after taking an abandoned chick under their wings.Carlos and Fernando had been so desperate to have chicks that they had resorted to stealing eggs to fulfil their unlikely dream of a starting a family at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire, reports The Sun Newspaper.In fact, they have become so skilled at egg-sitting and hatching that when one of the greater flamingo nests was abandoned last week, they were considered the number one choice to ‘adopt’ the chick. The unhatched egg was taken to an incubator where it was warmed up and monitored.Hours later a healthy chick hatched, but staff were concerned the duo would not bond with the newborn because the process normally begins when the chicks are ‘calling’ them from inside the egg. To overcome this problem, the chick was carefully placed in an old eggshell, which was taped up and returned to the unsuspecting couple’...
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Howard calls for HIV immigration ban The Australi...
2007-04-13 08:01:00
Howard calls for HIV immigration banThe Australian Prime Minister John Howard says people who are HIV positive should not be allowed to visit or migrate to Australia."I would like to get a bit more counsel and advice on that [but] my initial reaction is no," he said on Southern Cross Radio."There may be some humanitarian concerns that could temper that in certain cases but prima facie, no."Mr Howard made the comments in response to a Victorian Health Department study that found an increase in the number of HIV positive people moving to the state.Mr Howard says Health Minister Tony Abbott is concerned about the issue but the law would need to be changed to ban HIV positive people from entering the country.
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Priest Down On His Knees Irish Catholic priest M...
2007-04-04 06:03:00
Priest Down On His Knees Irish Cath olic priest Michael Hogan has caused a bit of an uproar. He’s taken a leave of absence because newspaper The Sun found a profile and pictures of him on Gaydar and published them.He was forced to make a public statement, in which he apologised “profoundly” to all and sundry. “I acknowledge that these are serious matters that affect me on a personal level and in my vocation and ministry. I am immediately requesting my bishop to grant me time away from my ministry so that I might deal for myself with these issues.“I would appreciate the prayers and support of those who know me at this most difficult and trying time. It is my intention not to make any further public comment at this time.”The priest confessed to breaking his vow of celibacy through random hook ups through the website. The profile in question has since been removed, although according to gay blog Queerty there are still three other priests using Gaydar in this manner, one of t...
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Daylesford ChillOut Back in 2008 Daylesford’s Ch...
2007-03-28 06:17:00
Daylesford Chill Out Back in 2008 Daylesford’s ChillOut Festival will not only be back in 2008, it will be back bigger than ever, says the organisers in a press release which announces a $6m festival.ChillOut did indeed chill out in ‘07 and took the year off, but it was sorely missed and so will return to Daylesford in 2008 with the theme ‘Queer As Country Folk’.The festival returns with several new initiatives which highlight its concern with the well-being of communities in regional Australia. It has partnered with The Alannah and Madeleine Foundation, who help to keep children safe from violence, and the Better Buddies Framework, who seek to raise awareness and reduce bullying in our primary schools.The festival has been locked in for the Labour Day Weeekend on March 7 – 10 and, as always, the doors are open to volunteers, artists, musicians and businesses who wish to participate in this unique queer event.For more information, click here to view the website.
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5000+ in Polish Gay Rights March At a time of fa...
2007-03-28 06:05:00
5000+ in Polish Gay Rights Marc h At a time of face-offs between Polish conservative leaders and gay rights activists, the Equality Parade in Warsaw went off without a hitch on Saturday attracting 5000-plus marchers.Just last week, the Polish Education Minister called for a ban of what he calls the “propagation of homosexuality” in the country’s schools, saying that he is defending family values.Homosexuality remains a taboo subject in Poland, a very Catholic nation, and is widely considered as a perversion. While the political climate is anti-homosexuality, parade organisers believe that their countrymen are starting to open up and “know what democracy, equality and diversity mean.” This year’s was the first annual Equality Parade that didn’t result in any form of violent clashing.Robert Biedron, the head of the Campaign Against Homophobia, called the government’s proposals terrifying.“They don’t only rape the constitution, but also violate the basic norms of the ...
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Russia's Pride Parade Cancelled Again The activis...
2007-03-20 05:07:00
Russia's Pride Parade Cancelled AgainThe activists behind the annual gay pride parade in St Petersburg, Russia are constantly fighting an uphill battle. City Hall has refused to give permission for the event to be held on May 26 due to an already tight schedule of events in the city on that day. Yeah right.Not only that, but they’re constantly rallying against the vitriol of Mayor Yury Luzhkov who fiercely opposes the concept, calling such parades “satanic”, and vowing to do whatever he can to stop them.The organising committee is still pushing ahead however, saying that they’ll simply re-apply for another date and they’ll still have an informal get together in a public place on that day anyway. “Misconceptions about sexual minorities are widespread here,” a spokesperson from the committee told the St. Petersburg Times. “Gay people feel they need to show they are normal human beings. Their sexual orientation does not make them monsters.”In a poll taken earlier thi...
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Mykonos, Greece Melbourne yoga teacher Krysto is...
2007-03-18 05:13:00
Mykonos, Greece Melbourne yoga teacher Krysto is organising a 5-day yoga retreat in Mykonos in Greece from July 4 – 9, the island at the center of the Aegean sea where the gods of the winds meet the gods of the earth!Sound appealing? It sure does to this hunched writer!The retreat will be open to everyone and to all levels, whether starting out at yoga or deepening your awareness. It will be an opportunity to indulge yourself in yoga and be in the company of like-minded people, sharing conversations, learning meditation techniques, exploring breathing and gaining stress meditation techniques.It will be one of the more luxurious yoga camps too. Held at an exclusive gay men’s yoga resort in Mykonos, it will be full of activities for the body and mind, but if you wish you can bliss out by the pool or beach and just relax with the views. A range of classes and workshops will be offered over the course of the retreat, but all scheduled classes are optional.The resort is located 300m a...
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Add spice to your day with what we think is the ca...
2007-03-10 12:22:00
Add spice to your day with what we think is the campest video on YouTube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH F2AwDLSAw ENJOY!
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Who is the Gay & Lesbian Kingdo...
2007-02-13 05:09:00
Who is the Gay & Lesbian King dom of the Coral Sea Islands?We are a network of faggot farmers, queer workers, dyke artists, drag queens, political activists, and rural and urban gay and lesbian dwellers who see gays and lesbians as a distinct and separate people, with our own culture, ways of being/becoming, and spirituality. We believe that, as a people, we have unique and necessary contributions to make, ones that we must make to help regain the lost balance of the larger human community here on the planet.Who are we? Where have we been? Where are we going?The gay movement has left these central questions unaddressed. In fact, some gay people would have us believe we're just the same as the straights, except for what we do between the sheets. But others of us hold to the gut feeling that we are different that we gay people are a people. As a people we have ways that are peculiar to us and a language that characterizes us. We have our own past and , even more importantly, our own f...
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Proud To Be Daily Meditations ...
2007-02-02 07:10:00
Proud To Be Dail y Meditation s For Lesbians and Gay Men.A christian broadcster whom Julie Brienza interviewed for the Washington Blade, a gay weekly, found out Julie worked for UPI and urged his listeners to pressure the news organization to fire her. UPI complied, citing "proffessional infractions." Since Novenber 1990, Brienza has been fighting the decision, but just wants "to get back into wire service or newspaper reporting."Horror stories such as Brienza's may convince you not to come out at work to a supervisor or other person in a postion of power. Yet you may also be hesitant to come out to coworkers who have become your friends outside of work. Mistrust that a work friend will knowingly or unknowingly out you can limit the level of openness in your friendship. The dilemma for you may then be between how much you value your job and how close you can be with your work friends.Whatever secrets you keep from any friend prevents true intimacy, yet whatever secrets you keep from ...
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MONUMENT TO GAY VICTIMS OF NAZIS. ...
2007-02-02 06:48:00
MONUMENT TO GAY VICTIMS OF NAZIS.A monument planned for the centre of Poland's capital city will be a permanent reminder of the "Pink Triangle" gays who were slaughtered in the Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War. The monument will be a metre and a half long and of the shape of a pink triangle, the symbol that homosexuals were obliged to wear in Nazi Germany and in concentration camps.More gays were slaughtered in Nazi concentration camps in Poland than in any other country invaded by Hitler during the Second World War. It is estimated that around 40,000 perished in the notorious Auschwitz camp in south west Poland."We have to build this monument so that people will not forget the thousands of gays who were murdered in the concentration camps of Poland" said Lukasz Palucki, the founder of the Citizens Initiative to Commemorate Gay and Lesbians. "World War II is evidence that intolerance, anti-Semitism and homophobia lead to concentration camps. History has proved t...
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Add spice to your day with what we think is the ca...
2007-02-01 12:22:00
Add spice to your day with what we think is the campest video on YouTube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH F2AwDLSAw ENJOY!
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Proud To Be Daily Meditations f...
2007-01-22 07:48:00
Proud To Be Dail y Meditation s for Lesbians and Gay MenWhy are so many of our young children gay bashers, who target gays and lesbians for violence? As a result, gay children have high rates of teen suicide and alcoholism. Your "values" are killing many of our children.Media coverage of New York Cities Rainbow Curriculumn, which includes material on sexual orientation, gay family relationships and respecting gays and lesbians, evoked highly charged responses. Those who were against the program expressed outrage that the time for children to learn about maths and science was taken up with information on homosexuality and "Daddy's companion, Frank."But one of those who expressed praise for the program was a gay teen. He said, "I constantly hear about gay bashing, and it makes me crawl back further into the closet that I am protected by. Young students need to learn about the diversity of life."Family values that include acceptance of all family relationships are rarely taught in the h...
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I had read many "AIDS" memoirs-- in...
2007-01-22 07:08:00
I had read many "AIDS" memoirs-- including Paul Monette's Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memo ir and the very fine Heaven's Coast" A Memoir by Mark Doty and thought there was nothing else to be said on the subject. I was wrong. I cannot say enough good things about this book. It is so well written. In addition to being a poignant account of a beautiful love affair and sad, sad, death in the time of AIDS, it is a quite wonderful account of what it is like to be a gay teen as well. When I finished the book-- and yes, it will make you cry-- I felt an overwhelming sadness that this young man will never write again and that both these young men's lives were snuffed out at such an early age. And I wanted to see John's beautiful eyelashes.
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Our heroine Muriel, dumpy, suburban...
2007-01-22 07:04:00
Our heroine Muri el, dumpy, suburban, open, guileless, trusting, who has a corrupt Dad, an oppressed Mum, two siblings who are variously lazy and stupid, falls in love with and marries her dream "man" - what else but a white, blue-eyed blonde South African born swimming champion who is the quintessence of selfishness, self aggrandisement, vanity, and shallowness - but finds "true" love in friendship with her crippled buddy played superbly by Rachel Griffith. Some stupendous and memorable moments, one being when Muriel's mother sets fire to her backyard with its Hills Hoist in its centre. Funny, touching, and great feel good movie. Peopled by some terrific characters. The ABBA scene is a gem! One to own and revisit, this is my all time favourite movie.
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Proud To Be Daily Meditations for...
2007-01-21 07:55:00
Proud To Be Dail y Meditation s for Lesbians and Gay MenSticks and Stones may break our bones, but words will breal our hearts.Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could turn a deaf ear to every degrading label used to describe a member of the gay and lesbian community? Yet how many times do you wish you could've done the same thing when you were growing up - to a parent who called you stupid or no good, to schoolmates who lableled you sissy or fatty, or so-called friends who whispered behind your back about the feelings you had for a teacher or classmate?Although words are, in reality, just a series of alphabet letters strung together, it's their meaning and the venom with which they're delivered that can destroy family relationships, sever friendships, force alienation or self-imposed isolation - and break your heart.It has been said that "Words are the feeling of reality." Once spoken, their impact is incredible and their meaning irrevocable. Yet it's important that you keep the wo...
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Proud To Be Daily Meditations fo...
2007-01-21 07:55:00
Proud To Be Dail y Meditation s for Lesbians and Gay MenSticks and Stones may break our bones, but words will breal our hearts.Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could turn a deaf ear to every degrading label used to describe a member of the gay and lesbian community? Yet how many times do you wish you could've done the same thing when you were growing up - to a parent who called you stupid or no good, to schoolmates who lableled you sissy or fatty, or so-called friends who whispered behind your back about the feelings you had for a teacher or classmate?Although words are, in reality, just a series of alphabet letters strung together, it's their meaning and the venom with which they're delivered that can destroy family relationships, sever friendships, force alienation or self-imposed isolation - and break your heart.It has been said that "Words are the feeling of reality." Once spoken, their impact is incredible and their meaning irrevocable. Yet it's important that you keep the wo...
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Proud To Be Daily Meditations for Lesbians and Ga...
2007-01-20 07:58:00
Proud To Be Daily Meditation s for Lesbians and Gay Men WE CANT BE WHO WE ARE IF WE HAVE TO LEAVE OUR CULTURE BEHIND.Walking the streets in any major western city will bring you in touch with the cultural diversity evident in the predominatly white, western world. You'll see shops and restaurants that cater to ethnic backgrounds. Take mass transit, and you'll hear many different languages being spoken by passengers. Flip on the radio station or cable channel, and you'll see and hear programs geared toward those from other cultures. All these things symbolize the pride of people who come to the West from other countries.Just because you have gay pride doesn't mean that you can't also have cultrual pride. You can be gay and Jewish, gay and Italian, gay and Afro-American, gay and Asian. You can celebrate gay events such as PRIDE and also times of importance to your culture, such as Othodox Lent, St Patricks Day, Yom Kippur, the Chinese New Year or Martin Luther King's birthday.Bei...
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Daily Meditations for Lesbian an...
2007-01-19 08:07:00
Daily Meditation s for Lesbian and Gay Men.Freedom means choosing your burden.Do you sometimes wake up, go through your day, or get ready for bed at night with the feeling that you're like a pack mule, dragging around a heavy burden? You might not even be able to identify your burden, yet you know it's there because you feel no peace and enjoy, no peace, and no security in your life.But no painful burden - be it immobilizing anxiety about coming to terms with your sexuality, incredible fear of disclosure about your lifestyle, an unfulfilling job, an unhappy intimate relationship, or an addiction to drugs or alcohol - its experienced without reason. They are your burdens for whatever healthy or unhealthy reason; more likely than not, they are there because you need to fianally come to terms with them.However, you are always free to reject dealing with any or all burdens or to deal with them so you can change the unhealthy conditions they cause. Today, look at the burdens that confou...
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Proud To Be Daily Meditations for Lesbia...
2007-01-19 08:00:00
Proud To Be Dail y Meditation s for Lesbians and Gay Men Preference implies choice, and it is well established that the very large majority of homosexuals do not choose their sexual orientation any more than heterosexuals do.....It is highly unlikely that 10% of the population would choose homosexuality in a society so homophobic that it severely restricts the lives of lesbian and gays and exposes them to hate crimes of violence and even death.Authorities on human sexuality generally agree that sexual orientation results from a combination of gentic, hormonal, and enviromental factors. You probably already know that. But how can you convince others who care about you - who believe that you've chosen a way of life that sentences you to years of unhappiness - that being gay is something that isn't so much a choice, but simply is.If you had cjosen a career that involved the fight against child abuse or abuse of the elderly, those who care about you would probably be highly supportive o...
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Daily Meditations for Lesbian and Gay MenWe all...
2007-01-18 08:20:00
Daily Meditation s for Lesbian and Gay Men We all have grown up on the same sitcoms, eaten the same fast food and laughed at the same jokes. We have practised the same religions lived under the same political system, read the same books and worked in the same market place. We have the same dreams and aspirations, as well as fears and doubts for ourselves.... How, then, can our differences be so overwhelming? What makes you different from 90 percent of the population is the fact that you are physically, emotionally, and spiritually attracted to members of your same sex. Other than that simple distraction, everything else about you in relation to others comes from similar experiences. Yet it is that simple distinction - the choice you've made to identify and express your sexuality - that can make others reject everything about you, even the things you have in common with them. Why should that hurt you so much, to have others reject you? Living as a gay man or lesbian, you've learned t...
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Emperors New Year speech to...
2007-01-11 12:39:00
Emperors New Year speech to the KingdomImagine what it must have been like for the first explorers when they discovered new lands. What a wonderful experience it must have been - to see sights no person had ever seen before, to breath in the unique smells, to hear the calls of unknown creatures, and to feel a different wind blowing on their faces. They faced a new world; they faced new beginnings - and they remade the new world into a place they could call their own.You, too, can greet this new year as if you are an explorer who has found new land. No Matter what last year's world was like, you left it behind. All of its difficulties - the loss of a close friend or life partner, the break up of a long-term relationship, disconnection with your family of origin because of your sexuality, hard risks and difficult changes you had to make because of who you are and how you live your life - are now distant.Today, you can view this new year as a new world that you can call you own. What ...
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John Howard Prime Minister of Australia.
2007-01-10 09:19:00
John HowardPrime Mini ster of Australia .
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Stamps of the Gay & Lesbian Kingdom ...
2007-01-08 05:18:00
Stamps of the Gay & Lesbian King dom ROYAL GAY MAIL OF THE GLKTo purchase a set of stamps of the Gay & Lesbian Kingdom please send $20 dollars to our Embassy:Embassy of the GLKPO Box 1251Southport 4215QueenslandAustraliaemail: info@gayandlesbiankingdom.com
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