NewsWrap for the week ending Sept. 18, 2010

SUMMARY

Gay Gelt Ordered - Israel's Supreme Court rules that the Jerusalem municipal government must provide funding to the LGBT Open House because the city funds other community groups and because anti-gay bias "has no place in the 21st century" ...

Just Stop It - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for the repeal of all laws around the world that discriminate against lesbians and gay men ...

Moscow Mystery - leading Russian gay activist Nikolai Alekseyev is abducted from a Moscow airport by unidentified officials, followed by contradictory media reports about what happened to him and his resurfacing days later ...

ID Demo - Nepal's only openly-gay lawmaker Sunil Pant is among 70 demonstrators detained at a protest outside the P.M.'s office demanding a "third sex" option on national identification documents for transgender people ...

Trans-Aussies Serve - Australian Defense Force chief Angus Houston announces the end of a ban on military service by transgender people ...

Witt and Wisdom - second high-profile federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy begins in the state of Washington ...

DADT Vote - vote to consider a major military spending bill that includes repeal of the policy looms in the U.S. Senate ...

Primary Lavenders - several openly gay and lesbian candidates win U.S. primary victories ...

Share a Little Tea With Moldy - homophobic "Tea Party" candidate wins the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate in Delaware ...

Far From Palm Springs - lesbians from across Europe gather in Eressos, Lesbos for the Greek island village's 10th annual International Women's Festival

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