2014 Event The Vatican issues a document indicating that the Catholic Church is taking a softer stance on relationships outside of traditional marriage, upholding the church's views but advocating respect for unmarried couples and homosexual unions 2013 Event Russia's parliament passes bills banning homosexual 'propaganda'; police near the Duma take gays into custody after they anti-gay extremists hit them with eggs 1996 Event Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual 1975 Event Otis Francis Tabler is 1st open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department 1972 Death Kurt Hiller, born in Berlin, Jewish, pacifist, socialist, writer, Oranienburg concentration camp survivor, led the German homosexual rights movement, dies at 87 1932 Birthday Dennis Skinner, born in Derbyshire, England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Bolsover, attended Ruskin College, left-wing supporter, homosexual and pro-choice advocate 1895 Event Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices 1885 Birthday Kurt Hiller, born in Berlin, Jewish, pacifist, socialist, writer, Oranienburg concentration camp survivor, led the German homosexual rights movement
