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SUMMARY: Rowan Williams remains "committed" to Anglicanism's stance against extramarital sex, while bishops push rhetoric against gays and their allies to new heights.

SUMMARY: The emperor Hadrian, who died in 138 AD, deified his male lover Antinous and built a city in his name, is remembered in a blockbuster British Museum show.

SUMMARY: Rep. Bob Allen, guilty of soliciting an undercover cop, may seek rehearing of the appeal, which judges must consider because their vote this week was split.

SUMMARY: "The Constitution guarantees life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," says Chief William Bratton. "I see no reason why gays can't pursue happiness through marriage."

SUMMARY: The activist who quit the Human Rights Campaign over its stance on trans rights is praised for ensuring "all voices are heard, including (the) tokenized and forgotten."

SUMMARY: Seventy-five percent of Americans now believe gays should be allowed to serve openly, a huge increase, finds a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

SUMMARY: Ahmet Yildiz, 26, who lived an out gay life in Istanbul, is fatally shot several months after reporting death threats to prosecutors.

SUMMARY: Arash and Kamyar Alaei, seized last month by Iranian security forces and held at an undisclosed location, drew praise for anti-drug and HIV-prevention efforts.

SUMMARY: Steven Paul Hirschfield of West Hollywood, an entertainer at San Diego Pride, is fatally shot after scuffling with police who pulled him from San Diego Bay.

SUMMARY: The Democratic nominee also leads among independents, Latinos and blacks and leads John McCain by nine points overall, finds a new Harris poll.

SUMMARY: A Field Poll finds that a majority of Californians would vote down Prop. 8, a November ballot measure that would end same-sex marriage in the state.

SUMMARY: The Rev. Jose Chavarin flees to Mexico after his employer, the Archdiocese of San Francisco, confronts him with allegations he abused minors two decades ago.

SUMMARY: Police in the Gulf tourist hub of Dubai say they've detained 17 foreign men for allegedly being gay and wearing women's clothing in public.

SUMMARY: Religious-right groups say LGBTs would have used the bill, which included gay students in protection from bullies, as leverage for other legislation.

SUMMARY: NIAID changes tactics after another vaccine study that was halted last fall yields an increased number of infections among the test subjects.

SUMMARY: A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush's years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant qualifies for the Nov. 4 ballot.

SUMMARY: Legislation in the works for more than a year stalls over including "sexual orientation" as a reason a student may need protection from harassment.

SUMMARY: The ban on pos visitors and immigrants, attached to a bill tripling U.S. global AIDS relief, sails through the Senate and soon awaits President Bush's signature.

SUMMARY: South Carolina Pride officials say they'll pay the $5,000 bill left behind by tourism officials when Gov. Mark Sanford killed ads touting the state as "so gay."