NewsWrap for the week ending May 28, 2011

SUMMARY

Annual Riot - Dozens of arrests follow attempted attacks by right-wing homophobes against LGBT activists on May 28th at yet another banned Moscow Pride march ...

Crying for Freedom - tear-gassing of an LGBT rights concert in Montenegro's capital of Podgorica leads activists to cancel what would have been that nation's first Pride parade on May 31st ...

Without Leave - LGBT activists in Belarus defy a ban to march in Minsk ...

No Contest - small groups of disruptive fundamentalist Christians can't stop marriage equality marches in Brisbane, Queensland, and Adelaide, South Australia ...

One Foot Out - the Church of Scotland lifts its outright ban on "out" lesbian and gay pastors but orders a 2-year study to fully resolve that issue and whether or not pastors can bless same-gender unions ...

Holding Breath, Turning Blue - to no one's surprise, the GOP-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passes an annual defense spending bill with three amendments designed to at least impede the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell ...

Prop. 8 Re-inactmet - the GOP-controlled Minnesota legislature approves a November 2012 ballot measure to constitutionally define marriage as exclusively heterosexual ...

Limiting Local Liberty - Tennessee's Republican governor signs a bill preventing local cities and counties from enacting anti-bias protections that exceed those specified in state law ...

Don't Gamble on Bias - Nevada's Republican governor signs a bill to ban workplace discrimination based on gender identity or expression ...

If the Logo Sticks ... - LGBT Pride is accidentally displayed in Kabul, Afghanistan -- until drivers discover what their proliferating rainbow bumper stickers represent ...

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