Malta became the first European country to ban gay conversion therapy.
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President Barack Obama officially declared his support of same-sex marriage.
The UK's repealed anti-gay amendment, Section 28, came to a complete end in the UK.
A gay student, Matthew Shepard, was brutally beaten and left to die in Wyoming, US.
Same-sex marriage was legalized in Sweden.
Russia passed a stricter ban on 'LGBT propaganda.'
