What stood out on the international LGBT human rights front in 2011? A lot. But let’s go out on a limb and pick three things.
The repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the ban on lesbians and gays in the U.S. military, in September. The appearance of LGBT organizing, at some level, in most African countries. (See, for example, what’s happening in Mozambique in a post from January). The death of the last known gay survivor of the Holocaust, Rudolf Brazda, in France.
I’ll be rounding up the year in a series of posts over the next week — in which no doubt I’ve missed something, so please let me know what I’ve missed in the comments!
In terms of the news, international reporting, this was the year of same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage (or “marriage equality” or “gay marriage”) was a leading international concern — whether in the West or raised as a chimeric threat, particularly in Africa. This year it was legalized in the second-most-populous U.S. state, home to the UN and intentional media – New York state. American polls also, for the first time, showed clear majority support for marriage equality.
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I wish that it were (also) legalized in the second most populous US state, but alas Texas lags far behind.
NY is #3.