NewsWrap for the week ending October 29, 2011

SUMMARY

Made in Taiwan - A record crowd numbering as many as 50,000 colorfully march in Taipei in the Taiwanese capital's 9th annual Pride parade …

Like a Bad Penny - Uganda's infamous "Kill the Gays" bill is apparently back on the front burner …

Bad to Worse - Nigerian lawmakers consider harsher laws against homosexuality in their country …

Constitutional Conversion - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai does an about-face from his support last year of President Robert Mugabe's position and now favors the inclusion of sexual minority rights in the new constitution now being drafted …

Everybody Samba! - Brazil's top appeals court becomes the highest court in Latin America's most populous nation to rule in favor of marriage equality …

Elevation to Equality - Denmark's government announces a proposal to upgrade currently-available registered partnerships for gay and lesbian couples to full marriage equality, and to allow their wedding ceremonies in the Church of Denmark …

For Starters - a civil unions bill is introduced in the Australian state of Queensland's parliament …

Backward Motion - the Republican-controlled legislature in New Hampshire is on track to repeal the U.S. state's 2009 marriage equality law and revert to a form of inferior civil unions for same-gender couples that had been established in 2007, although Governor John Lynch, a Democrat, has vowed to veto any repeal measure …

Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash - leading Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseev announces his resignation from the advocacy groups he's led since 2005 …

Bus Driver's Honeymoon - U.S. Freedom to Marry activist Evan Wolfson finally ties his own knot in New York ….

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