NewsWrap for the week ending November 5, 2011

SUMMARY

Quid Pro Quo - The British government's intention to tie its financial aid to countries' human rights records, including the treatment of LGBT people, angers several African leaders, including those from Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Ghana at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, West Australia …

To Skin a Cat - Botswana's former president Festus Mogae calls for decriminalization of same-gender sex to help fight the continent's soaring HIV infection rates …

Proving What We Knew - the United Nations Human Rights Committee issues a report detailing and harshly criticizing human rights abuses, notably those against LGBT people, in the Islamic Republican of Iran …

To Your Health - the first health clinic specifically welcoming sexual minorities in Indonesia opens on the island of Bali …

Scathach to the Rescue - Ruth Davidson's election to lead the Scottish Tories makes her the first "out" lesbian to lead a major U.K. political party …

For Gay and the Empire - Manchester's former U.S. National Basketball Association star John Amaechi is honored with the Order of the British Empire …

Thin Ice & Fancy Footwork - former Australian hockey star Gus Johnston and current Welsh rugby team captain Jed Hopper each come out as gay men, while already "out" Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas announces his retirement ….

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