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JERUSALEM - For 10 days, Dror Danani was called to northern Israel to fight with thousands of other reserve soldiers in the Israeli army's war against Hezbollah in Lebanon. The start of the Aug. 14 ceasefire aimed at ending the five-week old conflict meant Danani, 29, could return home to Jerusalem and his normal job as a manager at an upscale hotel. But he says his greatest challenges as an openly gay man don't come on the front lines, as one might expect -- he spent two years fighting in Lebanon from 1995 to 1997 -- but on the streets and in his own community in Jerusalem. "I have a rule that I never tell lies about myself," says Danani at a central Jerusalem cafe, recalling the first time he came out to his fellow soldiers and commander. "One day they asked me if I had a girlfriend, and I said, 'No, I have a boyfriend,' because I did at the time.
Drug treatments increase risky sex, says study
For the first time in Canada, a study of gay and bisexual men has drawn a link between beliefs about HIV/AIDS medication and risky sexual activity.
Among the findings, the study says HIV-positive men who believe drug treatments make it more difficult to transmit the virus were six times more likely to engage in unprotected anal sex with a casual partner. .
Moscow court affirms gay pride parade ban
[JURIST] A Russian court has affirmed the right of the city of Moscow to reject an application by organizers of a gay pride parade, ruling that there was a legitimate safety concern in banning the parade, though lawyers for the parade organizers said the ban infringes on gay rights. A separate court upheld the ban [JURIST report] in May but organizers held the parade anyway. Two hundred people were arrested during the May 27 parade [Washington Post report], where participants were assaulted by onlookers. The organizers intend to appeal Tuesday's court decision. The parade marked the 13th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in Russia. In 1997, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia implemented a new Criminal Code [text] that excluded Article 121, which criminalized consensual homosexuality [gay.ru backgrounder].
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