NewsWrap for the week ending May 24, 2014

SUMMARY

A World Against Hate - Millions around the world mark the 10th annual International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) with states-people statements and a variety of actions in such locales as Costa Rica, Australia, Paraguay, Belgium, Albania, Russia, Cambodia and China …

Africa's Harvey Milk - South Africa swears in Member of Parliament Zakhele Mbhele as the first black openly gay elected official on the continent …

Game of Keep Away - activists rail against Canadian Immigration after the agency reportedly denies visitors visas to 10 Ugandan activists invited to a World Pride Conference in Toronto because officials feared that they'd all seek asylum …

Two By Two - another week, and another couple of U.S. states getting civil marriage equality: Oregon becomes the 18th and Pennsylvania the 19th …

Married, But Not Family - a federal judge orders Utah to recognize the more than 1300 civil marriages legally performed in the state during the brief period they could, while the Utah Supreme Court approves a request by Attorney General Sean Reyes to block those lesbian and gay marrieds from adopting children …

Staying Tuned - a federal appeals court agrees to a permanent stay of a lower court ruling overturning Idaho's ban on civil marriage for same-gender couples while the state appeals, but expedites the review process …

Flood Insurance - Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen asks the federal judge hearing the challenge to his state's ban to stay her ruling even before she's made it …

The Cheese Stands Alone - with lawsuits filed by same-gender couples in Alaska, Montana, and South Dakota, North Dakota becomes the last state in the union without a legal challenge to its civil marriage ban – for now ….

Complete NewsWrap text and this week's podcast to be posted May 27, 2014.