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Bishop Attacks Drag in Ads

Contributed by Rachelle Stephanie Austin

An Italian Roman Catholic bishop attacked a publicity campaign by Canadian cosmetics firm MAC Tuesday, saying its choice of a drag queen in the ads was sick, perverted and repulsive. "I am convinced it's for sick people ... they (drag queens) are people who are not comfortable with their sexuality," said Alessandro Maggiolini, bishop of the northern town of Como.

A spokeswoman for MAC at the company's Toronto headquarters said the campaign was being run in Italy in advance of the Dec. 4 opening of a store in Milan. But she said the ads, one of which features black drag queen and performance artist RuPaul, promote the MAC AIDS Fund, a charity set up by the group in 1994.

You've Come the Wrong Way, Baby

Contributed by Jane

A Sri Lankan who won a government award after being selected as the country's 1995 Female Entrepreneur of the Year was arrested - for being a man. Police said Sattambige Sriyaratne, 36, impersonated a woman for about three years, received bank loans amounting to $500,000 and ran a successful business exporting prawns.

"He had posed as a wealthy woman, well connected to some leading government personalities," said police inspector Mohamed Nizam. "That and his forced female charm are probably what made him a successful businesswoman." The female impersonator was also legally married to a 29-year-old man.


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