NewsWrap for the week ending May 26, 2012

SUMMARY

Father's Day - Colombia's Constitutional Court approves the adoption of two young brothers by a single openly gay American man in what equality activists describe as a landmark ruling …

Don't Laugh at Us, Argentina - Buenos Aires opens legal Argentinean marriage to gay and lesbian tourists …

Third Strike - yet another U.S. federal appeals court rules the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, unconstitutional …

I've Been to a Marvelous Party - New York City Council President and leading post-Bloomberg mayoral candidate Christine Quinn marries her longtime partner in what reports call "one of the biggest social gatherings of political elites in recent memory" …

Is It Enough? - New Jersey Superior Court judge controversially sentences Dharun Ravi, whose webcam spying drove his gay Rutgers University dorm roommate Tyler Clementi to commit suicide, to 30 days in jail, probation, a fine, and community service …

We'll Be Back - violent assault on one of its organizers follows the announced cancellation of Kiev's first LGBT Pride march due to threats of violent opposition …

Yellow Brick Road - San Diego, California thoroughfare is officially renamed Harvey Milk Street on what would have been the pioneering gay human rights activist's 82nd birthday …

Not With a Bang - multi-award-winning actor Jim Parsons, best known as "Sheldon Cooper" on the CBS-TV sitcom The Big Bang Theory, quietly comes out …

Freedom in Flight - first "out" graduates at any U.S. military college since the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell get their diplomas at the Air Force Academy ….

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