NewsWrap for the week ending March 8, 2014
SUMMARY
Flogged and Fined - Four young men convicted of violating Nigeria's new horrendously-oppressive anti-LGBT laws are publicly whipped and could face more violence in prison …
Admissible Evidence - trial begins for two men in Zambia forced to undergo anal probes to "prove" their homosexuality …
Orange Is the New Lavender - four lesbians are reportedly arrested in Cameroon, which Human Rights Watch says prosecutes more sexual minorities than any other country in Africa …
Totally Intended Consequences - a Ugandan blog reports that a lesbian has been evicted from her home, despite being a "wonderful" tenant, because of that country's new Anti-Homosexuality Law …
Prophets of Doom - Uganda's Anglican Bishop calls mother Church of England "spiritually blind" about homosexuality, and prospective Anglican clerics in Nigeria must now swear to God that they aren't gay …
New Testaments - ambiguity surrounds comments attributed to Roman Catholic Pope Francis that seemed to suggest that the Church might be open to civil unions for same-gender couples, while exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama tells "Larry King Now" that marriage equality is "okay" …
Law in Transition - a landmark ruling in Lebanon sanctions the relationship of a transgender woman and a man …
Jasmine Equality - 200 guests cheer what may be the first public wedding of a gay male couple in Myanmar (Burma) …
Altared States - Colorado's Governor publicly endorses civil marriage for lesbian and gay couples, while Wyoming and Indiana are next in the U.S. to be sued for marriage equality by same-gender couples, and a federal court is expected to rule this month in a case challenging Michigan's hetero-only marriage law …
Early Admissions - citing a federal court ruling, Illinois officials expand the availability of marriage licenses to same-gender couples outside Chicago before the official June 1st enactment date of the state's marriage equality law …
Running for the Roses - Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway is unable to conceal his emotions as he announces that he won't appeal a federal ruling declaring as unconstitutional his state's refusal to recognize same-gender civil marriages legally performed elsewhere ….
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Labels: bisexual, Cameroon, Dalai Lama, gay, homophobia, human rights, Lebanon, lesbian, LGBT, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pope Francis, transgender, transsexual, uganda, Zambia
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