Today's Highlights | April 10, 2014 Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Tens of thousands of gay activists marched to demand civil rights on October 11, 2009 , a day after President Barack Obama vowed to repeal a ban on gays serving openly in the US military. ( Maria Belen Perez Gabilondo/AFP / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC