Hinsegin dagar í Reykjavík - 01.08.2000, Blaðsíða 19

our victories and looked to the future. What have we achieved and
how can we fight the hidden oppression that we can hardly put a fing-
er on but nevertheless has such a great impact on our lives? Where
have we succeeded, where is still work to be done? With all the
authoríty of her experience she warned that even though we have
made great progress we must still watch out for dangers and that it
needs active workto keep what we have gained.
Proving that academic lectures can capture the audience
University associate professor Ólafur Þ. Harðarson presented results
of international research showing how attitudes change with econom-
ical growth in so called post-modern societies. It seems that in devel-
oped countries common sense and tolerance go up to a certain level
and stay there, just like the life expectancy.
On a more home based level University associate professor
RannveigTraustadóttir presented her very interesting study about
women in three minority groups in lceland, disabled women, lesbians
and Asian women.This is a long time study still in progress but the
results already show how devious the ways of social oppression can
be, hidden and hardly tangible, and how the fight for 'equality' can even
make life harderfor minorities.
The manager and spokesman of Amnesty International in lceland,
Jóhanna K. Eyjólfsdóttir explained how Amnesty is redefining its work
and fighting against identity based violation.This new concept has far
reaching consequences, including that Amnesty ís now not only helpíng
those who face oppression because of political workforgay rights but
also those discriminated for being gay.
Finally the musician Haukur F. Hannesson spoke about the attitude
of the church and 'the Christians' to homosexuality, outlining how the
fear of the unknown can cause phobic hate reactions and also 'civilized
hate reactions' like deliberately ignoring gay issues, that characterizes
the attitude of the established churches.
The Gay Pride Committee wants to thankthe lcelandic Human
Rights Center and all the speakers for their fruitful contributions.The
lectures will be published in a book later this year and the organizers
of the conference have declared their interest to make such confer-
ences a part of the human rights debate in coming years.
Fypsta plata sveltarlnnar hjá hlna
þekhta enlenda útgáiufypirtæki Mushroont
sem hefnr m.a. gefið nt plotup með Garhage.
Platan hetur hlotið fráhmra dóma í Bretlandi
og Skandinavío par sem Bellatrix hefur verið
að spila að undanförnu. japiss