-Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop, retires.
-The Log Cabin Republicans campaign against former Senator Chuck Hagel’s nomination for Secretary of Defense.
-The US Supreme Court sets dates for hearing the DOMA and Prop 8 cases.
-Actor Matt Dallas comes out of the closet.
-Alvin McEwen releases a new booklet exposing the tactics of the anti-gay right.
-The US Defense Department agrees to give full separation pay to service members discharged for “homosexuality.”
-The University of Buckingham in Britain and Victoria University in Uganda sever ties over differences in non-discrimination policy.
-Jeanne Manford, founder of PFLAG, dies at 92.
-Gay poet Richard Blanco is chosen as President Obama’s inaugural poet.
-Washington National Cathedral opens its doors to same-sex weddings.
-Marriage equality bills are filed in the Illinois House and Senate.
-An anti-gay marriage amendment is prepped for consideration by the Indiana legislature.
-A domestic partnership bill is introduced in the Florida Senate.
-Wayne Besen calls the Family Research Council’s Peter Sprigg to account on CNN.
-A father in Brooklyn starts an inclusive Boy Scouts troop.
-A new survey finds fewer Americans who believe that homosexuality is a sin.