President spoke to young people at London town hall on Saturday
State Dept. mum as equality festival shut down
Randy Berry scheduled to speak to participants on March 29
Gay U.S. ambassador to Dominican Republic receives sustained applause at event
Measure would ban foreign officials responsible for human rights abuses
Volker Beck plans to resign from leadership positions
Vlad Slavskii is originally from Russian city of Sochi
Critics contend measure would ban coming out
Marriage in Ireland, a kinder pope grab headlines
March release planned but further obstacles remain
