-An Olympic torchbearer kisses his boyfriend onstage.
-The Democratic Party includes marriage equality in its platform.
-An openly gay Republican runs for Congress in Massachusetts.
-More Eagle Scouts return their badges in protest of the Boy Scouts’ policies.
-New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announces his support for marriage equality.
-Another Federal judge rules that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.
-Author Gore Vidal dies at 86.
-A Tanzanian gay rights activist is murdered.
-Rock band Train pulls their music video from an anti-equality website.
-Lebanese police arrest 36 men during a raid on a gay cinema.
-Anti-gay forces target another Iowa Supreme Court judge.
-A new poll finds strong support for marriage equality in Maryland.