NewsWrap for the week ending July 24, 2010

SUMMARY

AIDS & Anti-Gay Laws - Research released at the 18th biennial International AIDS Conference this week in Vienna underscores the link between surging HIV infection rates among gay and bisexual men and their criminalization in many African and Asian countries ...

Syrian Busts - more than 25 men in Syria arrested during raids of private gay parties in March and April are released without being formally charged ...

IGLHRC @ UN - the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission becomes the eighth queer advocacy group around the world to win consultative status at the U.N. Economic and Social Council ...

DADT Survey - the much-criticized Pentagon "Don't Ask Don't Tell" survey of active duty and reserve troops about serving with open gays and lesbians may not yield accurate results, and that it's not the first time soldiers have been polled prior to a major military personnel policy change ...

DADT Halt Sought - lawyers for the Log Cabin Republicans ask the federal judge hearing their constitutionality challenge to the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy to issue an injunction barring its continued implementation ...

DADT Casualty - outspoken "Don't Ask Don't Tell" critic Lt. Dan Choi is honorably discharged for coming out on "The Rachel Maddow Show" last year ...

ENDA Demo Hits Reid - Choi and seven other GetEQUAL activists are arrested for blocking traffic on the Las Vegas Strip to protest Senate Majority leader Harry Reid's perceived inaction on passage of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA) ...

Irish Partnerships - President Mary McAleeese signs Ireland's new civil partnerships bill into law ...

Argentine Marriage Equality - President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's signature makes Argentina the first in Latin America to open full civil marriage (and adoption) to lesbigay couples ...

Prom Settlement - Mississippi teen Constance McMillen settles her lawsuit against the Itawamba County School District for not allowing her to bring her girlfriend to the senior prom

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