NewsWrap for the week ending September 17, 2011

SUMMARY

Virtual Visibility - LGBT Iranians respond to last week's reports of sodomy executions by defiantly setting up a Facebook page, for those in the country and those who have fled, called "We Are Everywhere" …

The Bill That Wouldn't Die - Uganda's First Lady wants to "Kill the Gays" …

Nobody's Perfect - Human Rights Watch calls the Netherlands on the carpet for its anti-trans civil code …

Passport to Freedom - Australian government removes sex-change surgery as a requirement for trans-people to identify themselves on passports in their chosen gender …

To Be Unequal, Rather Than to Seem - North Carolina legislature approves a proposal for the May 2012 ballot that would amend the state constitution to define marriage as exclusively heterosexual …

Roomies and Taxes - Michigan's House passes a bill that would forbid public sector employers from offering domestic partner benefits …

Step Back - New Hampshire House Judiciary subcommittee okays a measure to replace that state's 2009 marriage equality law with civil unions that would be open to any two unmarried adults, even if they're related …

Jughead for Bridesmaid - wedding bells will soon ring out in the pages of "Archie Comics" for "Kevin Keller," the most prominent gay resident of the fictional city of Riverdale …

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