AP - The White House said Wednesday a revised policy on granting security clearances to gays and lesbians does not reflect a change in how the government will treat sexual orientation.

AP - The White House said Wednesday a revised policy on granting security clearances to gays and lesbians does not reflect a change in how the government will treat sexual orientation. But several Democrats denounced the new rules.

AP - The Bush administration last year quietly rewrote the rules for allowing gays and lesbians to receive national-security clearances, drawing complaints from civil rights activists.

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter Boston, MA (AHN) - The Boston Archdiocese's Catholic Charities says Friday it is ceasing adoption services because of a state law that permits homosexuals to adopt children. The social services group says the law goes against church beliefs on gays and lesbians....

Andrea Moore - All Headline News Staff Reporter Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The Supreme Court rules that colleges which accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays. Justices rejected a...

AP - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that the government can force colleges to open their campuses to military recruiters despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.

AP - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.

Reuters - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that universities that get federal funds must allow military recruiters on campus, even if their law schools oppose the Pentagon's policy prohibiting openly gays and lesbians from serving.

AP - Even before the first gleaming Oscar was presented, Hollywood's biggest night was already a milestone for the gay, lesbian and transgender community.

Reuters - For more than 100 years, mainstream Hollywood movies largely shunned gay subjects, which were either disregarded, closeted or dealt with by independent filmmakers.

USATODAY.com - Efforts to ban gays and lesbians from adopting children are emerging in at least 16 states in a second front in the culture wars that began in the 2004 elections over same-sex marriage. Republicans battered by ethics and Iraq debates may use the issue to deflect attention and draw voters in close races, analysts say.

AP - Discharging troops under the Pentagon's policy on gays cost $363.8 million over 10 years, almost double what the government concluded a year ago, a private report says.

Reuters - The Bush administration's support for Iran's proposal to bar two gay rights groups from a voice at the United Nations sparked a demand from U.S. legislators on Tuesday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice repudiate the action.