News Roundup - Earlier this week, a single issue of the NY Times had updates on a number of stories Beaverhausen has been following:

The previously reported demise of the Oscar Wilde gay bookstore in Greenwich Village was somewhat exaggerated, according to this
follow-up report. The folks at Lamba Rising have come to the rescue, and by doing so have expanded their franchise. I've never understood how Norfolk came to be in their portfolio -- it makes an odd companion to NYC, Washington and Rehoboth Beach, especially when you consider Lambda isn't even the only gay bookstore in town.

In other news, Boston College has permitted its students to found a gay-straight alliance -- this after a similar club was banned at the prep school affiliated with Boston University because of opposition from the university's crusty old chancellor, reported here in September.

Finally, the Times looks at the aftermath of the nine gangland-style executions of Cape Town sex workers, which we noted last month. Unfortunately, there still have been no arrests of the perpetrators, despite fairly complete descriptions from the now-sole survivor. The Times instead focuses on the community support for the victims and their families and its involvement in helping to solve the case. Maybe that's notable, but it seems reasonable to me that sympathy for sex workers would be much greater among gays than the general straight population.