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June 14, 2005
Topics wood, toronto, scotland, hero, rape, gay, hands, foot, running, hand, sex, reuters, people, woman, man and police
In the midst of a Toronto neighborhood rests a 13-1/2 foot bronze and granite monument depicting Alexander Wood, famous for both owning the land on which the community now sits, and for being run out of town due to sexual scandal in the early 1800s. The statue of a hero in Toronto's gay community is the cause of concern both for the actions of the man it depicts and for the somewhat graphic description of the 19th-Century sex scandal that made him famous.
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June 13, 2005
Gays and lesbians marching in the northern city of Hamburg on Saturday reportedly set a new world record for a group hug, with 16,000 people embracing each other for 10 seconds. Drag queen Olivia Jones, one of organizers told local media that the "march should bring people together, regardless of whether people are homosexual or heterosexual. "
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May 25, 2005
A surrogate mother in Belgium is under investigation for allegedly selling her baby girl over the internet for $24,000 to a Dutch couple. The baby, named Donna, was born in February. The surrogate mother had agreed to bear the baby for a Belgian couple for nearly $13,000.
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May 12, 2005
Topics gay, web, focus, secretary, health, children, lesbian, address, education, teens, bush, united, family and sex
After several criticizing reports, the federal government revises its Website containing information for parents about educating their children about sex. In its first month, the site received about 5 million hits. Recently, the section on sexual orientation was changed to address some of the concerns voiced by the gay rights community.
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