A 41-year-old female Russian LGBTQ activist was found stabbed to death in front of her home last week. She had been listed on a website advocating for the hunting and torture of LGBTQ people.
In gay-friendly St. Petersburg, Florida, a candidate for mayor said that he believes homosexuality is a choice.
Locally, the San Francisco International Airport celebrated the opening of Harvey Milk Terminal 1, the first airport terminal in the world named after an LGBT icon.
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(Photo: Harvey Milk Terminal - Gregory Varnum, Own work [CC BY-SA 4.0])