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Buoyed by growing political acceptance of homosexuals worldwide, a United Nations group promoting "gay" and lesbian rights met in New York to sharpen a multi-pronged strategy that includes a "showdown with religion." The meeting was sponsored by the U.N. Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees, known as UNGLOBE, a group officially recognized by the worldwide body in 1996. At a forum Monday, attended briefly by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, panel members singled out Roman Catholics and evangelical Protestants as opponents, according to the New York-based Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute. Speakers included U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who urged...

Gay Episcopal bishop vote delayed over charges of pornography and bad conduct. Further information forthcoming.

Should New York City have a separate public school for gay teenagers? That question was asked and answered nearly 20 years ago with the establishment of the Harvey Milk School - a program that currently has 50 students and a solid record of achievement, particularly in luring dropouts back into the classroom. Now, that program is to be formalized into a separate school with roughly double the enrollment. Little else has changed. Since its creation in 1984, the Harvey Milk School has been open to all students, gay or not, and all those attending do so voluntarily. It's hardly the...