NewsWrap for the week ending April 13, 2013
SUMMARY
Edge of Our Seats - Legislators in France and Uruguay each push marriage and adoptions equality to the brink of reality …
Who Started It? - Colombia's Senate President blames "disruptive" LGBT people for indefinitely postponing a marriage equality bill there …
Profile in Courage - brave Zambian gay activist Paul Kasonkomona is jailed for "inciting the public to take part in indecent activities" …
Taking the Loh Road - Singapore High Court Justice Quentin Loh upholds the city-state's sodomy law …
Grizzly Come Lately - lawmakers in the U.S. state of Montana repeal sodomy law …
That Vaginal Probe Homophobe, Again - Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli loses a federal appeals court bid to keep the sodomy law on the books in his state …
Really Most Sincerely Dead - less-than-fans of recently deceased former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher boost a "tribute song" (of sorts) from a 1939 MGM movie starring one of history's most enduring gay icons onto BBC Radio 1's Top 40 Music Chart ….
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Labels: bisexual, Colombia, France, gay, homophobia, homosexual, homosexuality, human rights, lesbian, Margaret Thatcher, marriage equality, Singapore, sodomy laws, transgender, transsexual, Uruguay, Zambia
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