• In Alabama, Patricia Todd – set to become the state's first openly gay state legislator – was ousted (along with the woman she defeated in a runoff vote) for violating a financial disclosure rule no other candidate has obeyed since 1998. [AP]

• In Wisconsin, researcher Rob Carpick – responsible for bringing in millions of dollars in grant money – quits his position at the University of Wisconsin at Madison because it doesn't offer health insurance benefits for his partner. He's headed to the University of Pennsylvania. [Wisconsin State Journal]

• In Vermont, Carolyn Conrad and Kathleen Peterson – the nation's first gay couple to enter a civil union – have split.

• In Nepal, two men prepare to get married — in the country's first openly gay wedding. Meanwhile, homosexuality remains a crime, punishable by a year in prison and a fine. [Times of India]

• In Massachusetts, an inmate's fight to have the state pay for his sex change operation now rests in the hands of a federal judge. If the court rules in Robert Kosilek's favor, it will be the nation's first state-sponsored transgender operation in history. [AP]