President Barack Obama officially declared his support of same-sex marriage.
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Alfredo Ormando set himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against the Roman Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality.
Malta became the first European country to ban gay conversion therapy.
Same-sex marriage became legal in all 50 states.
The UK's repealed anti-gay amendment, Section 28, came to a complete end in the UK.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.
