diego s gay pride parade. the u.n. council passed a declaration condemning discrimination of the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. april 29th, the u.s. department of labor banned this. on february 1st, the u.s. department of state began recognizing nontraditional families by issuing passport applications asking for mother or parent one and father or parent two instead of just father or mother. february 23rd, the justice department says it will no longer constitution ali defend the defensive marriage act in court. then in the fall, september 20th, the great moment thanks to president obama s signature the year before the military policy of don t ask, don t tell tape to an end. on june 24th, following a 26-36 vote new york became the most populated state to say yes to same-sex marriage. a month later, record setting