NewsWrap for the week ending March 23, 2013

SUMMARY

Some Bias Still Optional - An LGBTI-inclusive Sex Discrimination Act is welcomed in the Australian parliament –- with reservations …

Tories' Toilet Terrors - Canada's House of Commons passes a bill banning discrimination against transgender people …

Hateful Trifecta - Marco Feliciano, the homophobic and racist chair of the Brazil House of Representative's Human Rights Committee adds misogynist to his descriptor …

FYI Only - Russian regional court overturns a ban on peaceful LGBT Pride events and political demonstrations …

Full Circle - New South Wales police officials hear from dozens of Sydney Mardi Gras revelers claiming to be victimized by sometimes brutal officers during the world-famous festivities …

Fjords Flood for Equality - it only takes a day to qualify a citizens' initiative to force Finland's parliament to consider a marriage equality bill …

By the Summer It Should Sizzle - a proposal to open civil marriage to same-gender couples moves a step closer in France …

Be Fruitful and Recognized - Israel's Health Ministry complies with court rulings and agrees to recognize both members of a same-gender couple as parents of children born via overseas surrogacy …

New Honeymoon Haven - city officials in Santa Fe, New Mexico announce that same-gender couples already have the right to civil marriage in the U.S. state …

Jedi Don't Wear Plaid - "fear is the path to the dark side" in Scotland ….

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