-Several hundred thousand protesters demonstrate against marriage equality in France.

-Jodie Foster officially comes out of the closet.

-Illinois business leaders speak out in favor of marriage equality.

-Actor Victor Garber comes out of the closet.

-British evangelical leader Steve Chalke voices his support for LGBT inclusion in the church.

-The Virginia House votes to confirm an openly gay judge.

-Marriage equality hearings begin in Rhode Island.

-President Obama selects a gay-affirming Episcopal priest to deliver the inaugural benediction.

-House Republicans increase the DOMA defense fund to $3 million.

-A Chinese court proposes allowing wives of gay men to annul their marriages.

-Michael Triplett, President of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, dies of cancer.

-GOProud finally endorses marriage equality.

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