NewsWrap for the week ending May 21, 2011

SUMMARY

With One Voice - seventh annual International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – best known by the acronym IDAHO – is observed in more than 70 countries around the world ...

Don't Blame Us - five-year study commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops absolves gay priests of causing its clerical abuse scandal ...

The Balance Tips - new Gallup Poll reveals first-time majority support for marriage equality in the U.S. ...

Second Best - Rhode Island eschews marriage parity for lesbian and gay couples and heads in the direction of civil unions ...

Albeit a Weakfish - Delaware's governor signs his state's civil unions bill into law ...

State of Mind - Tennessee lawmakers who don't like Nashville's ordinance banning sexual orientation bias pass a bill to ban all cities and counties from enacting their own anti-bias ordinances, even those based on race, religion, or gender ...

News to Me - African-American CNN prime time weekend anchor Don Lemon decides to come out as gay in order to lead a more "Transparent" life ...

Self-Outing Scoreboard - several prominent figures in the U.S. athletic world also come out, including ESPN sports reporter Jared Max, pro bowling Rookie of the Year Scott Norton, former Villanova basketball player Will Sheridan, and president and CEO of the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns Rick Welts ...

Chuck Roasts 'Phobes - former NBA star and current basketball TV analyst Charles Barkley calls any current player who claims to have never had a gay teammate "a stone-freakin' idiot" ...

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