NewsWrap for the week ending June 14, 2014

SUMMARY

Head Hater in Charge - Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa of homophobic Uganda is elected to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly …

Caution: Hate Zone - Zambia's Foreign Minister Gabriel Namulambe warns diplomats to respect his "Christian nation's" homophobia …

Busted, Fined & Shorn - seventeen trans-women are jailed in Malaysia for violating sharia law …

Paper Tigers - Denmark makes it easier for trans people to change the gender on their legal documents …

Seven Days in June - the federal judge who overturned Wisconsin's ban on civil marriage for same-gender couples on June 6th stops their weddings a week later …

Pride & Love - 200,000 celebrants in Rome, 100,000 in Tel Aviv, and 400 in Bucharest parade with Pride and demand the legal recognition of lesbian and gay relationships …

LGBTouchdown - Michael Sam, the first out college football player drafted in the U.S. National Football League, signs a four-year $2.65 million contract with the St. Louis Rams …

Canadian Ceiling Cracked - lesbian Kathleen Wynne is elected Ontario's first female leader and Canada's first out provincial premier ….

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