-Congressman Barney Frank announces his retirement.
-Religious right activist Randy Thomasson worries about Prop 8’s chances of surviving in appeals court.
-A lawsuit against New York’s marriage equality law is allowed to proceed.
-Illinois will now allow couples in civil unions to file joint tax returns.
-Another closeted Republican is embroiled in scandal.
-A new poll finds strong support among Pennsylvanians for some form of legal recognition for gay couples.
-A private school in Pennsylvania rejects a student for being HIV-positive.
-The state of Queensland, Australia legalizes same-sex unions.
-Jamiel Terry, the gay son of religious right activist Randall Terry, is killed in a car crash.
-Belgium gets an openly gay prime minister.