-House of Rainbow, Nigeria’s only gay church, makes plans to reopen its doors.
-Movie director Kevin Smith officiates at a gay wedding.
-Prop 8 proponents move to have Judge Walker’s ruling vacated on the basis of his sexual orientation.
-Anti-gay vandals in Ohio burn down a barn containing eight horses.
-Republicans 4 Freedom is launched to counter the anti-gay wing of the Republican Party.
-Taiga Ishikawa becomes the first openly gay politician to win an election in Japan.
-Three Republican state senators push to get a marriage amendment on the 2012 ballot in Minnesota.
-Rhode Island legislators may consider civil unions following the stalling of a marriage equality bill in the state senate.
-An Oklahoma professor is denied tenure for being transgender.
-The US Department of Labor adds gender identity to its employment non-discrimination policy.