Collins v. Closet & Teacher v. Diocese

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NBA player Jason Collins' "outing" wins championship coverage from ABC's George Stephanapolous and ersatz Comedy Central commentator Stephen Colbert, who laments the growing acceptance of "out" LGBT people in professional sports.

Fired lesbian Roman Catholic high school educator Carla Hale aims to teach her diocese a lesson (Free Speech Radio News reporter Evan Davis has the story of Columbus, Ohio).

And in NewsWrap: two more Brazilian states declare marital parity, Northern Ireland lawmakers quash marriage equality bill, Samoa decriminalizes "third gender," "Best Gay Friends" a hit in Vietnam, world's first elected "out" head of state retires, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 4, 2013

SUMMARY

Lindo Maravilhoso! - Santa Catarina and Paraiba become the thirteenth and fourteenth states in Brazil to open civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples …

Not So Lucky - lawmakers in Northern Ireland reject a marriage equality proposal for the second time …

Jesus Wept - Cook Islands P.M. Henry Puna says his self-governing nation's "Christian values" prevent opening civil marriage to same-gender couples there …

Three's Company - a new penal code that took effect on May 1st in Samoa literally legalizes the lives of the fa'afafine, a third gender culture native to that island nation …

Lotus Flowers - LGBT rights appear to be blossoming in Vietnam, with government officials signaling that marriage equality may be on the horizon, and Youtube sensation "My Best Gay Friends," the nation's first gay sitcom, surpassing a million views (and counting) …

A Color A Day - about 12,000 people kick off "Tokyo Rainbow Week" with a parade through the capital city's upscale Harajuku shopping district …

Leave No Spaces Blank - the Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Iowa, which ordered marriage equality in 2009, unanimously rules that married same-gender couples can have both parents listed on the birth certificates of their newborn children …

Embargo Lifted - the U.S. State Department reverses itself and grants a visa to Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter Mariela to travel to Philadelphia to accept an LGBT "ally" award …

Bless Bless - the first open gay or lesbian to lead a national government, Iceland's now former Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, officially retires from politics after what she calls a "long and eventful" career ….

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Sapphic Nomads in Samoa & Rev. Rebecca Voelkel

In the first of a series of "on the road" reports, traveling lesbian documentarians Maggie Young and Katie Cook explore fa'afafine life in Independent Samoa.

A Minnesota United Church of Christ minister and LGBT ally prays for marriage equality with correspondent Dixie Treichel.

Plus -- admirers Lily Tomlin, Jane Lynch, and Steve Harvey "Mark" Ellen DeGeneres' "Twain" at Washington, DC's John F. Kennedy Center.

And in NewsWrap: gay activists take Jamaican sex laws to court, Cameroon legal advocates get death threats, marriage equality appeal rejected in New York, a Viking "voices" his support for it, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride).

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