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• Dec. 6: Italian transgender and former communist lawmaker Vladimir Luxuria mimics a hanging, outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, during a candlelight demonstration for gay rights, in Rome. Vladimir Luxuria made the hanging gesture in a graphic demonstration about what the group considers to be the effects of the Vatican's policy on homosexuality.
• Dec. 6: Activists gather outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during a candlelight demonstration for gay rights, in Rome. A sign in Italian reads "The Church wants gay extermination."
• Dec. 6: Members of a gay rights group wear costume church smocks reading "Believe in gay" during a protest outside Saint Peter's square in Rome. Gay rights groups and newspaper editorials this week condemned the Vatican for its decision to oppose a proposed U.N. resolution calling on governments worldwide to decriminalize homosexuality.
• Dec. 6: Unidentified activists look on outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during a candlelight demonstration for gay rights, in Rome.
• Dec. 6: Activists gather outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during a candlelight demonstration for gay rights, in Rome.