NewsWrap for the week ending July 4, 2015
SUMMARY
No More Outlaws - Private consensual adult same-gender sex officially becomes legal in Mozambique …
Best Bet - a cross-party-sponsored bill planned for August may be Australia’s “strongest opportunity” to achieve marriage equality …
Stalled in the Aisle - despite overwhelming public support in a May referendum, Ireland’s same-gender couples may have to wait until next year to tie the knot …
Aborted Pride - police violently shut down Istanbul’s 13th annual Pride march before it can even begin …
Answer to Prayer - despite agitated Christian fundamentalist opposition and a police ban that needed to be overturned by court order, Seoul LGBT people and their allies march through the central city with Pride …
Rent a Hater - a rabidly anti-gay Jewish group hires a handful of non-Jewish Mexican day laborers to protest New York City’s annual Pride parade …
Praise Be - a lopsided vote by leaders of the Episcopal Church okays church weddings for lesbian and gay couples …
Mysterious Way - a Salt Lake City LGBT youth group gets a surprise donation from the Mormon Church …
No Means Yes - the Girl Scouts of Western Washington rejects a $100,000 donation with anti-transgender strings attached, but an online fundraising campaign to replace it exceeds that amount …
Labels: Australia, bisexual, Episcopal Church, gay, homophobia, homosexuality, human rights, Ireland, lesbian, LGBT, marriage equality, Mozambique, Pride, South Korea, transgender, transsexual, Turkey
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