sting operations

Activists in New York are rallying against a series of arrests targeting gay porn shops. Undercover cops are allegedly posing as prostitutes and targeting middle-aged men.

Facing untimely resignations, an unpopular war and a troubling 2008 election landscape, Senate Republicans did not need another headache this week. But they got one anyway when Sen. Larry Craig vowed Thursday to serve out the last 15 months of his term, despite a court ruling that left intact his guilty plea in a sex sting operation in an airport men's room. The Republican's decision gives his party colleagues two unpleasant choices. They can resume pressuring him to leave, and risk being seen as disloyal politicians who go harder on alleged homosexual misdeeds than on heterosexual wrongdoings.

The Saudi government's targeting of queer people will have repercussions, according to a letter signed by a bipartisan Congressional group.