This heading includes references to court decisions. It also includes references to reports of difficulties encountered in cross-border.

Barred from the US [in two recent incidents Canadian gay men denied entry to US because gay; American law allows this; US gay congressman, Barney Frank, working to have law changed; advice is to use discretion].
P57 (v8n4)(May 30, 1990): 11 (55cm.)

Mapplethorpe not obscene [in Cincinnati, Ohio jury ruled October 5 that photos of late artist Robert Mapplethorpe not obscene and cleared Contemporary Arts Centre and director of charges].
P61 (v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 22 (52cm.)

Crossed at the border [Chris von Schoening and John Kirkeby of Calgary refused entry to US on March 5; have had "mixed success" in past at US Customs; etc.].
P72 (v10n3)(April 29, 1992): 12 (26cm.)

U.S. closes border to HIV [Cranbrook, B.C. man, Richard Hollingsworth, denied entry to United States because HIV-positive; Canadian, Bill Houghton, also denied entry; details of American policy with respect to HIV-positive individuals entering the US].
P124 (v16n7)[misnumbered v16n6 on contents page](Oct. 28, 1998): 22 (24cm.)

Georgia [USA] sodomy law struck down.
P125 (v16n8)(Dec. 9, 1998): 26 (62cm.)

Borderline inequality [concerning relationship between a Canadian man, Jim Lister, and an American man, Robert Haggerty; the difficulties encountered in crossing Canadian-U.S. border and with Canadian Immigration Department; the couple are among many waiting and hoping for equal treatment with change to Canadian immigration legislation].
P148 (v19n7)[misnumbered v19n6 on contents page](Oct. 24, 2001): 25 (32cm.)

Sodomy laws f*cked [Washington (USA) report that US Supreme Court struck down a Texas law and reversed a 17-year-old law of its own; the court "made oral and anal sex legal for everyone"; this move "brought the U.S. to where Canada was 34 years ago"; reactions and comments].
P162 (v21n5)(July 23, 2003): 28-29 (59cm.)

Judge strikes down anti-gay amendment [on October 5, a Louisiana state district judge struck down "recently enacted anti-gay constitutional amendment," ruling that amendment was flawed because must be confined to single objective; anti-gay constitutional amendments are on November ballots in eight other named states, and in three additional states ballot amendments would deny equal marriage rights].
P172 (v22n7)(Oct. 27, 2004): 29 (13cm.)