-A Colorado bakery is sued for refusing to write an anti-gay message on a cake.
-Ireland’s Minister for Health comes out of the closet.
-Baja California’s first same-sex wedding takes place.
-Israel will soon permit citizens to change their gender on ID cards without undergoing reassignment surgery.
-President Obama celebrates advances in LGBT rights in his State of the Union address.
-Macedonia’s Parliament passes a marriage ban.
-The Chilean House of Representatives passes a civil unions bill.
-Southern Baptist leader Al Mohler’s anti-gay rhetoric reaches new lows.