TOP STORY
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*The Michigan supreme court says a former Detroit police lieutenant cannot sue the city over what she says is antigay discrimination.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5203&sd=08/02/02

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POLITICS & SOCIETY
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*The predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Church receives recognition from the federal government to provide chaplains to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5179&sd=07/31/02

* The head of PBS won't rule out the appearance of an HIV-positive Muppet on Sesame Street, saying that, if needed, the show's approach will reflect the virus's impact on American children.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5180&sd=07/31/02

* The United Church of Jaffrey, N.H., evicts a Boy Scout troop because of the Boy Scout ban on gays.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5190&sd=08/01/02

* Connecticut did not violate the rights of the Boy Scouts of America when it dropped the groupfrom a list of charities that state employees contribute to through a payrolldeduction plan.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5177&sd=07/31/02

* A committee dismisses a complaint against a Seattle lesbian minister accused of violating the United Methodist Church's ban on homosexuals' being ordained or serving as pastors.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5162&sd=07/30/02

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MARRIAGE & FAMILY
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*A surrogate mother gives birth to quadruplets, who will be raised by their biological father and his male partner.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5159&sd=07/30/02

* Boston's cardinal Bernard Law says Catholics should not attend or recognize gay commitment ceremonies.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5161&sd=07/30/02

* Among the newlyweds, sweethearts, and longtime husbands and wives smiling from The Fayetteville [N.C.] Observer's Sunday wedding listings, one couple stood out: Two men stood side by side in a photograph under the banner "Civil Union."
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5164&sd=07/30/02

* In a victory for gay rights, the Ohio supreme court rules that a lesbian couple can adopt a last name they created for themselves.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5187&sd=08/01/02

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CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
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* A man and his girlfriend are found guilty of plotting to blow up Jewish and black landmarks around Boston—using the defense that he blames his white lesbian mother and his black father for "contaminating" him with black blood.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5163&sd=07/30/02

* The New Jersey supreme court overturns the death sentence of the only woman on death row in the state, a transsexual go-go dancer who admitted killing two police officers.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5188&sd=08/01/02

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INTERNATIONAL
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* The U.K. government suggests that it may make HIV testing mandatory for many of the nation's doctors and nurses—particularly those recruited from foreign nations.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5181&sd=07/31/02

* An international panel of Anglican bishops reports it has been unable to reach agreement on issues relating to homosexuality.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5205&sd=08/02/02
* The Canadian government will appeal a provincial court ruling that the federal government's definition of marriage prohibiting same-sex unions is unconstitutional.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5176&sd=07/31/02

* Former South African president Nelson Mandela plans to pressure current president Thabo Mbeki into providing antiretroviral drugs to all HIV-positive South Africans.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5184&sd=07/31/02

* Officials from Canada's blood agency say they are unable to trace the source of anonymous E-mails from a man whoclaims to have defied the agency's policy against donations from men who have had sex with men.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5169&sd=07/30/02

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SCIENCE & HEALTH
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*Three U.S. representatives send a letter to new CDC director Julie Gerberding asking her to evaluate the agency's HIV prevention and treatmentefforts.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5194&sd=08/01/02

* Members of Florida's ACT UP chapters, angered by a cut of more than $10 million from state HIV services, call fora gay tourism boycott of the state.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5171&sd=07/30/02

* Researchers at the National Cancer Institute say HIV-positive people with a particular genetic pattern are unlikely to progress quickly to an AIDS diagnosis.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5151&sd=07/30/02

* Former surgeons general David Satcher and Joycelyn Elders urge schools and public-health organizations to teach children about comprehensive health, including sex education.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5208&sd=08/02/02

* Club Nsomnia, a nightclub benefiting Houston's AIDS Housing Coalition, is accused of allowing afterhours drinking and may close, possibly shuttering the coalition's emergency shelter and food bank for people with HIV.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5173&sd=07/30/02

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ENTERTAINMENT & CULTURE
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* After two weekends of filming, HBO cancels a planned documentary about gay men sharing a summer house on Fire Island.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5200&sd=08/01/02

* Gay filmmaker Arthur Dong is elected by the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's documentary branch to serve on the organization's board of governors.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5199&sd=08/01/02

* When the new, revamped Hollywood Squares kicks off this fall, the coveted center-square position will be held by a rotating roster of stars—beginning with Ellen DeGeneres.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5210&sd=08/02/02