The 2012 elections are behind us, and the various gains for the advocates of equality can not be denied. A shift is occurring it would seem, from the previous streak of marriage equality in the states being struck down to a new wave of states embracing equality for it’s citizens. President Obama’s stance on Marriage equality has been labeled as having “evolved” from his previous position of being against marriage equality itself to one of luke warm support. Mitt Romney’s position was one of supporting a Constitutional ban on gay marriage, which is a stance of opposition against states’ rights and their 10th Amendment rights to enact laws willed by the people.

Republicans gain 10 new Governor’s Mansions, new seats in the Kentucky House, the Kentucky Senate, and take control of the U.S. House of Representatives. With such huge losses to conservatives, the gay military ban will remain in place, with no gay friendly legislation passing either the U.S. or Kentucky Houses or Senates.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that U.S. President Obama could end up vetoing legislation that would lift the ban on gays serving openly in the military, depending on what is included in the upcoming defense spending bill.

After a lot of political pressure, U.S. President Obama, the Pentagon and leading lawmakers reached agreement Monday on legislative language and a time frame for repealing the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, clearing the way for Congress to take up the measure as soon as this week.

A group of LGBTI protesters disrupted and temporarily halted a speech U.S. President Barack Obama was delivering Monday night at a Los Angeles fundraiser for U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. Several minutes after Obama took the stage, several activists from the group GetEQUAL began shouting and expressing anger about the slow pace of progress on repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

A gay group challenging California’s gay marriage ban failed yesterday to qualify for the 2010 ballot, leaving gay activists mulling a 2012 push and hoping a federal court will overturn the measure before then. Restore Equality 2010 says it fell short of the 695,000 signatures needed by today’s deadline to put the measure on the ballot.

Governor Steve Beshear has been receiving threatening letters ordering him to resign according to his security detachment from the Kentucky State Police. Governor Beshear kept a campaign promise to Kentucky’s gay and lesbian community by issuing an executive order adding equal opportunity employment to all employees and prospective employees.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to address ways to allow more “humane enforcement and application” of a policy that has seen thousands of homosexuals forced out of the military, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. “I think he is prepared to offer a way ahead on that subject this week. So stay tuned,” said Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell.

A Superior Court judge in the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that same-sex marriage opponents do not have a right to hold a public referendum on whether those marriages should be legal in the District. In her ruling, Judge Judith N. Macaluso stated the board “properly rejected the proposed initiative” because of the Human Rights Act.

During U.S. President Ronald Regan’s administration, the United States Government established a ban that prohibited HIV positive visitors and immigrants from entering the United States. Today, the ban was lifted.