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-The city of Pocatello, ID passes a non-discrimination ordinance. -Canada celebrates ten years of marriage equality. -Google commemorates the late Maurice Sendak’s 85th birthday. -The Russian State Duma unanimously approves a law banning “homosexual propaganda.” -Pope Francis acknowledges the existence of a “gay lobby” within the Vatican. -A wave of anti-gay attacks hits Columbus, OH. [...]

-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan extends the deadline for voting on marriage equality. -Another gay man is murdered in Russia. -The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elects an openly gay bishop. -A group of boy scouts marches in uniform in Salt Lake City’s Pride parade. -The College Republican National Committee urges the GOP to drop [...]

-Ukrainian activists defy a court order and hold Kiev’s first gay pride march. -The spree of anti-gay hate crimes in New York City continues. -A gay Catholic priest goes public with his story. -Congresswoman Michele Bachmann announces that she won’t run for reelection. -France hosts its first legally recognized same-sex wedding. -ExxonMobil’s shareholders reject a [...]

-The Puerto Rico Senate passes an anti-discrimination bill. The House follows suit. -A gay man is murdered in New York City. -President Francois Hollande signs marriage equality into law in France. -A Florida teenager is expelled and charged with a felony for being in a gay relationship. -The Church of Scotland approves a rule allowing [...]

-A Russian man is brutally murdered for being gay. -A transgender woman in Hong Kong wins the right to marry her boyfriend. -A gay couple is savagely attacked in Cyprus. -Minnesota becomes state #12. -Queer Rising plans a rally to protest recent anti-gay violence in New York City. -Brazil’s National Council of Justice rules that [...]

-NBA player Jason Collins comes out of the closet. -Northern Ireland’s Assembly turns down a marriage equality bill. -A “conversion therapy” ban is introduced in the New York legislature. -The religious right pillories gay NBA player Jason Collins. -Mariela Castro of Cuba is granted a visa to attend an LGBT conference in Philadelphia. -A gay [...]

-An openly gay man is confirmed as Under Secretary of the Air Force. -Rio de Janeiro joins the ten other Brazilian states that recognize marriage equality. -Anti-gay activists mail threats to the president of the French General Assembly. -The government of Malta appoints a council to draft LGBT rights legislation. -Marriage equality receives unanimous support [...]

-A Pennsylvania state representative is kicked out of a Christian band for supporting gay rights. -French anti-gay activists predict that their opposition to marriage equality could turn violent. -Ireland’s Constitutional Convention recommends marriage equality. -New Zealand officially becomes the 13th country to legalize same-sex marriage. -A Texas Senate committee advances a bill to repeal the [...]

-Actor Jeremy Irons expresses his reservations about same-sex marriage. -Senator Orrin Hatch suggests that he’s now open to civil unions. -A gay couple is savagely attacked in Paris. -Marriage equality gains Republican support in the Illinois house. -Tim Johnson becomes the 54th US Senator to support marriage equality. -Opponents of marriage equality attempt and fail [...]