NewsWrap for the week ending April 4, 2015
SUMMARY
Surprising Frontrunner - Malta passes what’s been described as “the world’s most progressive” gender identity laws …
Icebreaker - the Tokyo ward of Shibuya becomes the first government entity in Japan to recognize lesbian and gay couples …
Unscreened - India’s censors ban a lesbian-themed film called “Unfreedom” …
Hoosier Hellfire - a firestorm erupts over so-called “religious freedom” bills in several U.S. states after Indiana Governor Mike Pence signs what critics called “a license to discriminate” …
Fix-it Ticket - Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson demands a “fix” before he’ll sign a similar “religious freedom” measure …
Stampede - the same kinds of LGBT-discriminatory “religious freedom” bills die in Georgia, Montana, North Dakota, and Nevada — though the ACLU says they’re on the legislative agendas in at least 10 other states …
Sex Obfuscation - new curriculum guidelines bar South Korean teachers from even acknowledging the existence of LGBT people in sex education classes …
To Do His Duty - a New York Boy Scouts Council defies national BSA policy by hiring an openly gay over-18 scout leader to work at its upcoming summer camp …
Self-Rising Lesbian - British Bake-Off TV star Ruby Tandoh comes out - with a little help from Diana Ross …
Labels: Arkansas, bisexual, gay, gender identity, homophobia, homosexuality, human rights, India, Indiana, Japan, lesbian, LGBT, Malta, marriage equality, religious freedom, South Korea, transgender, transsexual
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