-Radio personality Fez Whatley comes out of the closet.
-A Catholic priest treats a lesbian spitefully while officiating at her mother’s funeral.
-A majority of Iowans oppose repealing marriage equality, according to a new poll.
-NOM is foiled in its last attempt to keep its donor list secret.
-A student and faculty group demands that Harvard issue posthumous degrees to seven students expelled in the 1920s for being gay.
-St. Petersburg, Russia, enacts an anti-gay ordinance.
-George Clooney talks to The Advocate about gay rumors and civil rights.
-Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signs marriage equality into law.
-Conservative activist and GOProud board member Andrew Breitbart dies at age 43.
-A Tennessee high school principal resigns after telling gay students they were going to hell.
-The Human Rights Campaign names Chad Griffin, founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, as its new president.
-A Republican sheriff and congressional candidate in Arizona is outed.
-Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dinner with a group of gay constituents.
-The Virginia state senate votes to allow private adoption agencies to discriminate against gay parents.
-Baltimore County, MD extends antidiscrimination protections to transgender residents.
-Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie announces that he will not defend the state’s marriage ban.
-California District Court Judge Jeffrey White rules that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.
-Authorities in Cameroon arrest ten women suspected of being lesbians.
-Republican former Senator Alan Simpson calls Rick Santorum a homophobe.
-A new survey finds overwhelming support for marriage equality in Ireland.
-The Maryland Senate votes in favor of marriage equality.
-Actor Matt Bomer comes out of the closet.
-The New Jersey Senate votes for marriage equality, but falls short of a veto-proof majority.
-Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signs marriage equality into law.
-Anti-gay groups show their true colors at CPAC.
-Oklahoma voters elect an openly gay state senator.
-A Liberian senator proposes punishing gays with the death penalty.
-The European Parliament condemns Russia’s recent wave of anti-gay bills.
-The US Justice Department announces that it will not defend anti-gay Title 38.
-A conservative radio talk show host is spotted in a gay bar.
-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoes marriage equality…
-…as the Maryland House approves it.
-Religious right activists react with predictable hyperbole to the Ninth Circuit Court’s Prop 8 ruling.
-A marriage equality bill is introduced in the Illinois legislature.
-The city legislature of St. Petersburg, Russia advances an anti-gay bill.
-CNN suspends Roland Martin for posting homophobic tweets during the Superbowl.
-Marriage equality is approved by the Washington State House.
-The Australian parliament prepares to debate same-sex marriage.
-Howard Stern defends Ellen DeGeneres.
-Virginia Republicans open up a can of worms in their zeal to deny rights to gay parents.
-Another British footballer speaks out against homophobia.
-A new poll finds a plurality of Minnesotans in favor of banning same-sex marriage.
-The Virginia State Senate votes down an anti-discrimination bill.
-Kenya Chief Justice Willy Mutunga voices his support of gay rights.
-The National Organization for Marriage loses yet another court appeal.
-Country singer Drake Jensen comes out of the closet.
-Amazon joins the list of corporations supporting marriage equality.
-The Washington State Senate votes to legalize same-sex marriage.
-The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules against releasing the video recordings of Perry vs. Brown.
-Rolling Stone scrutinizes the anti-gay policies of Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin school district.
-New Hampshire Republicans quietly omit repealing marriage equality from their 2012 agenda.
-Kathy Baldock shares the story of a woman who found freedom from Exodus’ version of “freedom.”
-A 15-year-old boy writes a letter to his gay dads.
-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie nominates an openly gay judge to the state Supreme Court.
-Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley introduces a marriage equality bill.
-Glen Retief offers advice for parents with a child being bullied in school.
-Starbucks joins the list of Washington corporations in favor of marriage equality.
-Maine voters will have another opportunity to vote on marriage.
-Congressman Barney Frank announces plans to marry his long-time partner.
-Australia makes the lives of its LGBT citizens a little bit easier.
-The Family Research Council assails a videogame for recognizing the existence of gay gamers.
-Support for marriage equality in France reaches 63%.
-Maggie Gallagher endorses Rick Santorum for president.
-A group of parents in Minnesota demand an anti-gay school curriculum.
-Comedian Todd Glass comes out of the closet.
-A gathering of anti-gay activists protests their inclusion on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of hate groups.
-Survivor casts a gay Republican for its upcoming season.
-The New Hampshire House defers a vote on its marriage repeal bill until February.
-Cuba to consider civil unions this year.
-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks noncommittally about his state’s marriage equality bill.
-Tennessee lawmakers seek to add a religious exemption to anti-bullying laws.
-More than 80 US mayors have signed the Freedom to Marry statement to date.
-New Jersey Democrats fast track a marriage equality bill.
-An evangelical mother speaks in support of her gay daughter.
-The National Organization for Marriage spends $140,000 campaigning against Congressman Ron Paul.
-A Washington state Republican joins the push for marriage equality.
-Wendy Gritter and Kathy Baldock reflect on Alan Chambers’ appearance at the GCN conference.
-Jimmy Kimmel shows how gay marriage could destroy the world.
-The Canadian government issues reassurances that it will recognize all marriage licenses after a previous statement that they would only be valid if recognized in the couple’s home state or country.
-Another gay teenager commits suicide.
-A coalition of conservative religious leaders issues a new anti-gay manifesto.
-Civil unions begin in Delaware and Hawaii.
-The British government honors gay war hero and inventor Alan Turing with a new stamp.
-The wife of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor voices her support for marriage equality.
-The North Carolina Psychological Association voices its opposition to the state’s proposed marriage amendment.
-A Colorado Republican group pushes for civil unions.
-The Concord Monitor argues against overturning New Hampshire’s marriage equality law.
-Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announces plans to introduce a marriage equality bill.
-Another researcher’s work is twisted by an anti-gay writer.
-A New Hampshire Republican speaks out in defense of marriage equality.
-Former child actress Kristy McNichol comes out of the closet.
-Buzzfeed reveals the sordid details of what gay people do on Christmas.
-Just Out, Portland’s LGBT newspaper, shuts its doors.
-Congressman Ron Paul’s views on gays come under scrutiny.
-CNNMoney finds that same-sex couples pay up to $6,000 per year more in income taxes than straight couples.
-Several Jamaican political candidates use anti-gay statements to try to rally supporters.
-Barnes & Noble pulls an anti-gay calendar from its online store.
-A Florida appeals court restores parental rights to a lesbian mother.
-Marriage equality comes to Quintana Roo, Mexico.
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