NewsWrap for the week ending May 12, 2012

SUMMARY

Survival of the Fairest - U.S. President Barack Obama "evolves" to support civil marriage equality …

Tarheel Tragedy - North Carolina voters constitutionally ban legal recognition of any relationship that's not heterosexual marriage …

Hand-to-Hand Combat - a civil unions bill in Colorado that appeared to have majority bipartisan support is blocked from consideration by the House's GOP leader as the legislative session ends, but the state's Democratic governor calls for a special session to decide the issue …

Plus Ca Change - it remains to be seen if France's new Socialist President Francois Hollande can deliver on his election campaign support of civil marriage equality and adoption rights …

Requiescat in Pace - Colombia's Constitutional Court rules that the longtime gay partner of a deceased Roman Catholic priest is entitled to his lover's pension …

Purchased Freedom Delivered - spurred by the high profile horrific murder of a young gay man in March, Chile's Congress breaks a seven-year logjam to approve an anti-discrimination bill that includes sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories …

Assassination - Honduran journalist and LGBT rights activist Erick Martinez is found strangled to death two days after being reported missing …

The Power to Name - Argentina lawmakers approve a measure allowing transgender citizens to change the gender on their government documents without first getting reassignment surgery or a judge's approval …

In the Best Interest - well-known actors and the cast of "Glee" join a "Change.org" campaign for the reinstatement of Bridgeport, Ohio Cub Scouts den mother Jennifer Tyrrell, who was fired because she's a lesbian ….

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