NewsWrap for the week ending February 11, 2012
SUMMARY
Evergreen … For Now - Marriage equality becomes a reality in the U.S. state of Washington, but opponents vow a November ballot box challenge, while matrimonial equity advances in Illinois, New Jersey, and Maine …
Golden Ring - the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cites state-specific grounds to call California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional …
Not Encouraging - St. Petersburg is the latest Russian region to advance a "no promo homo" bill …
Paper Tigers Caged - anti-gay Muslim hate leafleters are jailed in the U.K. and homophobic Swedish leafleters are rebuffed by the European Court of Human Rights …
Can't Soar With Eagles - a new case filed in the EuroCourt this week blames Turkey for the continued prosecution of private, consensual adult gay sex in Northern Cyprus …
Smart Enough To Have Known Better - in refusing to pardon his gross indecency conviction, the British government blames gay "father of the modern computer" Alan Turing for knowingly violating the law of the land at that time ….
Labels: bisexual, gay, human rights, lesbian, marriage equality, Proposition 8, transgender, transsexual
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