Today I have registered for the Gay Games VIII in Cologne. I am going to take part in the Martial Arts event. The Gay Games have been an awesome experience for me in the past. If you are able to take part next year I really think you should go for it!
I have also added a link to the Gay Games VIII.
A gay club in Helsinki has closed it’s dark room. According to my newspaper the authority that issues licour licenses had contacted the club after a newspaper story that featured the dark room. in the beginning of May. It seems that some civil servant has taken the stance that a dark room is against good manners and so has threatened the club with pulling it’s licence.
It is understandable hat a the owner of the club doesn’t want to challenge the authority. Even if the decision would be overruled it might well be a pyrrhic victory as the club would be closed meanwhile.
This is not just an isolated incident: previously a gay bar in Tampere also closed the dark room it had just opened because of the same authority. Even if I don’t think a dark room were such a big deal this case shows there is legal loophole that allows an arbitrary decision and creates an opportunity for discrimination.