Looking at gay-friendly Europe.Europe's gay rights front, covered in the current issue of The Advocate, wasn't was·n't Contraction of was not. wasn't was not wasn't be always about marriage and workplace protections. But the continent has long been considered a gay-friendly place. Seventeen years ago, The Advocate explored several gay-friendly European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. cities for a special travel section. While mostly about dancing and sightseeing, the articles yielded a number of insights on the state of European gay political life. One correspondent wrote that London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. had earned its status as the gay cultural capital of Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). . Another reported that the Netherlands was accepting gay couples into the diplomatic service diplomatic service, organized body of agents maintained by governments to communicate with one another.
OriginsUntil the 15th cent. any formal communication or negotiation among nations was conducted either by means of ambassadors specially on the same basis as straight couples. "It's all part of the centuries-old Dutch tradition of civil liberties--a tradition that has attracted gay people from all over Europe to live here," he wrote. But be careful in Berlin, said another reporter. Gay East Berliners "may be shy, but most likely they may be afraid of who is watching them." |
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