Big, huge victories against DOMA lead the news for the week, as already mentioned.- The battle against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is getting even more interesting as two groups for LGBT servicemembers issue conflicting advice about whether to complete the Pentagon’s survey about DADT.
- And next week, a U.S. District Court will begin to hear testimony in Log Cabin v. United States, a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of DADT.
- The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled that the state Assembly discriminated against Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman who was fired from her job after she told her supervisor that she planned to transition.
- Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle (R), as many feared, vetoed the civil union bill passed by the state legislature. Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii are filing a lawsuit against the state, and others are urging the legislature to override the veto.
Around the world:
- The upper house of the Irish parliament followed the lower and passed a bill granting civil partnerships to same-sex couples. It now goes to President Mary McAleese.
- And, because no country or dependency is too small to mention: The island of Sark, in the Channel Islands, will equalize the age of consent for gay men in order to meet international human rights standards.
- The U.K. Supreme Court ruled that two gay men from Iran and Cameroon have the right to asylum in the U.K. The BBC rounds up opinions on the significance of the ruling.
