NewsWrap for the week ending Oct. 2, 2010

SUMMARY

Dead Teens Talking - The suicide of bullied Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi and at least four other U.S. gay teens in September finally draws mainstream media attention to a festering crisis [see Resources for LGBTIQ Youth] ...

Reeling in Riots - the ninth annual Q! Film Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia endures hard-line Muslim protests ...

No Parking - Beijing riot police detain at least 80 men in raids on a popular gay cruising area ...

Goodbye, Yuri - infamously homophobic Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov is fired after 18 years in power by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ...

Imported Equality - Tasmania becomes the first Australian state to recognize same-gender marriages legally performed elsewhere ...

Marriage Proposed - Australian Greens Senator introduces a federal marriage equality bill ...

Drawn to Order - "Veronica" issue 202 introducing new gay kid in town Kevin Keller breaks "Archie Comics" brand sales records

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