NewsWrap for the week ending February 9, 2013
SUMMARY
Another Marriage Problem for Canterbury - Britain's House of Commons gives overwhelming approval in its second reading to the "Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill" -- opposed by the new Archbishop of Canterbury …
Intervention Within Intervention - French troops save two Malian men from Islamic execution for homosexuality …
Recurring Nightmare - Uganda's infamous "Kill the Gays Bill" is back on the parliamentary agenda …
Unprepared - the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America unexpectedly postpones a decision on the proposed repeal of its policy banning openly gay scouts and troop leaders …
Fancy Footwork - Australian Football League pros proudly march for the first time in Melbourne's annual Pride parade …
Out in Hindi - in India an estimated two thousand people attend the fifth Queer Azaadi Mumbai Pride Parade, and as "The Hindu" reported, LGBT people "came out into the open" for Hyderabad's first …
History on Top of History - the rainbow flag flies during Britain's LGBT History Month over Cambridge Guildhall …
Royal Treatment - Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is the surprise presenter of the "Gay of the Year Award" at a glitzy Stockholm gala ….
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Labels: Australia, bisexual, Boy Scouts, France, gay, human rights, India, lesbian, LGBT, Mali, marriage equality, Sweden, transgender, transsexual, uganda, UK
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