NewsWrap for the week ending December 17, 2011

SUMMARY

Global Assessment - The United Nations Human Rights Council releases a first-ever comprehensive report detailing human rights abuses against sexual minorities around the world, with recommendations to the UN's 193 member states on how to better protect them …

Until They Turn Blue - government leaders in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda say they'll never support decriminalizing private, consensual adult same-gender sex …

Hopeful Sign - Malawi's Justice Minister says sodomy laws there need to be reviewed because they might not reflect "public opinion" …

Sticking Together - a petition opposing "no promo homo" laws in Russia bears almost a quarter million signatures from around the world …

It Adds Up - Australian Finance Minister Penny Wong and her longtime partner Sophie Allouache welcome baby Alexandra into the world …

Do Not Duplicate - Bill Johnson, a former Republican Alabama gubernatorial candidate who campaigned against marriage equality, donates his sperm to lesbians in New Zealand …

Smoking Gun - a gay sex shop receipt outs "family values" Southaven, Mississippi Republican Mayor Greg Davis …

Glad Tidings - LGBT activists in the Philippines serenade the country's Catholic Bishops Conference with rights-promoting Christmas carols …

Fa-La-La-La-La - first- and second-graders in Traverse City, Michigan can once again "don" their "gay apparel" ….

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