London HIV/AIDS Hospice Made Famous By Princess Diana To Be Demolished, Gay Muslims Attempt To Reconcile Faith And Sexuality, Senator Levin Understand Resentment Over DADT Repeal Survey And Wants The Results Kept Confidential, New York City Pays To Settle Gay Sexual Harassment Suit Out Of Court, Idaho Transgender Woman Tries To Call Attention To Plight By Making Poor Decisions

Mildmay Hospital, the London East end AIDS hospice made famous by Princess Diana, is scheduled to be demolished. Diana visited the hospice in 1989 at the height of the HIV/AIDS hysteria, and through her extraordinary efforts, normalized those suffering with the incurable disease, including a 34 year old patient named Simon who presented the Princess with a bouquet of bright flowers. Simon was seen by his estranged family that night on evening news telecasts, and the family contacted him, staying with him until he died ten days later. A new, 24-bed unit will replace the demolished building to continue to serve the community of people living with HIV.

A report on Asian gay Muslims that are living in the United Kingdom and who are attempting, aided by their Imams, to reconcile their religious faith with their sexuality.

Tuesday, Democrat Senator Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he generally supports the survey sent out last Wednesday to 400,000 active and reserve armed forces members asking for their input on attempt to repeal the policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” and that he can understand the pushback by the gay community againt the apparent bias of the questions, Levin telling reporters “I think it is okay, even though it’s kind of unprecedented. It did not happen when it came to the inclusion of women; it did not come with the ending of the discrimination against African-Americans. I can understand the resentment, by the way, in the gay community, that this occurs now but not with those efforts.” Levin, a leading advocate to repeal the military ban on openly gay men and women serving, added that the survey was intended to be private, and that troops should not treat the survey as an opportunity to veto a possible repeal. “The military is not a democracy,” said Levin.

The City of New York is reportedly settling a sexual harassment suit brought against a gay officer, Lieutenant Kieran Crowe by Sergeant Dominic Coppola and Sergeant Sean Gallagher. The city has agreed to pay $300,000 – Coppola receiving $175,000 and Gallagher $125,000 – the two having accused Crowe of fondling himself in a sexual suggestive manner in front of them. Crowe, who retired in 2008 after an internal department trial found him guilty of simulating masturbation, defended the allegations by saying that he suffering from a case of chronic jock itch. A dermatologist who testified at the trial said he had been treated Crowe for the condition for ten years. It is not clear why the city opted to settle the suit out of court.

In Idaho, Catherine Carlson, a 53 year old transgender woman was arrested Sunday after firefighters responding to a report of fire found pipes made to look bombs on the porch of her trailer park, a note warning that the bombs were booby-trapped. Later, there were reports of car set on fire at an area storage unit, and still later a call alerted police that a naked woman was running down U.S. Highway 95 carrying what appeared to be a pipe bomb. That pipe was later found to be transporting legal documents. In 2007, Carlson was arrested on a traffic violation, and police at the time identified her as he, and according to police, that set off the events Sunday. “She’s had some issues with the Payette County jail regarding her sexual orientation,” said Payette Police Chief Mark Clark. “During questioning, Carlson said she is trying to bring attention to her plight.”