-Gay San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio solicits funds for his mayoral campaign from anti-gay donors.

-Moscow police arrest 40 people during a gay rights demonstration.

-A gay man is beaten by a mob at a graduation party in Duluth, MN.

-Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council agrees to have dinner with a lesbian couple.

-Two more virulently anti-gay pastors crawl out of the woodwork.

-Texas will soon have an openly gay state legislator.

-The First Circuit Court of Appeals agrees that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.

-A group of straight Mormons joins the Salt Lake City pride parade.

-DC Comics relaunches one of its oldest superheroes as a gay character.

-Anti-gay violence increased in 2011.

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