Note: The Digest will be taking a vacation break next week.
-Marriage equality may soon come to Tasmania, Australia.
-A California author proposes a new theory about the source of sexual orientation.
-Another new study examines the link between pupil dilation and sexual orientation.
-Pope Benedict rejects a foreign ambassador who once included a “homosexual act” in a novel.
-The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dismisses a challenge to the Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
-Ugandan LGBT activists hold a gay pride event.
-Delaware Gov. Jack Markell predicts his state will move forward on marriage equality in 2013.
-Germany’s Constitutional Court rules that same-sex couples should receive some tax breaks.
-Mother Jones Magazine discovers that NOM paid Bishop Harry Jackson $20,000 to fight marriage equality in DC.
-A US District Court upholds Hawaii’s marriage laws.