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Germany: Police stamp "gay" passports:

01 September 1995

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Two officers from the Bavarian police force in Munich stamped the passports of six young men from Poland, Hungary and Romania indicating their sexuality. The men had their passports confiscated during police raids on the city's gay night clubs. When the police returned the passports they were stamped either "Homo-Szene (involved in the gay scene) or "Homo-Strich" (implying involvement in gay prostitution). A police spokesman said the two police officers had "made a mistake" and the Munich government said the police should follow a series of recommendations from gay groups. Manfred Edinger of the Anti-Violence Project commented: "The police are not compelled to do anything. Only Bavaria's Interior Ministry can put these guidelines into law and they do not want to." The new have now been given new passports. European, 24.8.95.

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