–New lawsuits reduce the number of states with unchallenged marriage bans to one.
-Costa Rica extends social security benefits to same-sex couples.
-Boy Scouts president Robert Gates says he would allow gay scoutmasters, but will not challenge the current ban.
-The Topeka, KS city council passes two LGBT rights bills.
-Researchers study the brain patterns of gay fathers.
-A gay man is lynched in Ghana.
-A Maine ethics panel fines NOM and orders it to disclose its donor list.
-The Houston city council passes a landmark non-discrimination ordinance.
-Republican Rep. Charlie Dent declares his support of marriage equality.
-A gay couple is kicked out of a Texas restaurant.
-Robert DeNiro produces a documentary about his gay father.
-Senator Orrin Hatch concedes that marriage equality is inevitable.