Missouri Attorney General Sets Severe Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care
The regulation affects both transgender adults and youth.
April 15, 2023
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Gay Senator Rejected at Blood Center Despite FDA Guideline Change
As many blood centers scramble to update guidelines, New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman is urging an end to any abstinence period for gay and bi men.
May 14, 2020
Brazilian Gay & Bi Men Can Now Donate Blood Without Abstinence Period
The South American nation's supreme court has overturned the ban.
May 11, 2020
Colorado’s Gay Governor Signs Gun Control Bills Into Law in Wake of Club Q Shooting
The state has a history of mass shootings going back to the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999.
April 29, 2023
Gay Man Turned Away From Blood Center, Despite Passing Screenings
COVID-19 survivor Lukus Estok has antibodies in his blood that can save lives, but a blood center in New York City doesn't think it's good enough.
April 24, 2020
N.Y. judge recognizes Canadian nuptials
In an opinion issued last week and made public Tuesday, a lower-court judge ruled that the New York State comptroller's office can recognize the Canadian marriages of gay and lesbian state employees on behalf of the New York Retirement System.
September 15, 2007
France to Ease Restrictions on Blood Donation by Gay and Bi Men
Beginning next year, the nation will allow donations by men who have abstained from sex with another man for four months, instead of the current yearlong deferral period.
July 18, 2019
Anal Sex? Open Relationships?The Truth About the FDA's Revised Gay Blood Ban
The proposed new rules on blood donation from gay and bisexual men are nuanced. HIV advocate Scott A. Schoettes breaks them down.
April 6, 2023
N.Y. couples celebrate same-sex marriage ruling
New York couple Michael Adams and Fred Davie waited three years to find out whether their marriage in Massachusetts was legal. On Wednesday, they got an answer: Their wedding rings can stay on.
May 18, 2007
The Trans Problem Not Enough People Are Talking About
With all the problems facing trans people, is a shortage of gender-affirming surgeons an issue? After much research, Amanda Kerri finds the answer.
August 23, 2016
Canada Considers Shorter Abstinence Period for Gay, Bi Blood Donors
Gay and bi men may no longer need to wait a year before having sex.
October 17, 2018
Alaska Couples Finally Able to Legally Marry
After becoming one of the first U.S. states to ban same-sex marriage via constitutional amendment in 1998, Alaska embraced the freedom to marry Monday.
October 21, 2014
The FDA's Blood Policy Still Frames HIV as a 'Gay Sickness'
All restrictions on donations from gay and bisexual men should be lifted.
May 6, 2020
Marriage Equality Suit Filed in Montana
The suit, filed in federal court today, leaves only the Dakotas as states that ban same-sex marriage but have no pending legal challenges -- and that is expected to change soon.
May 21, 2014
N.J. gay couples unite in civil unions
Gay couples across New Jersey began claiming the same legal rights as married couples early Thursday in ceremonies that formalized their relationships as civil unions.
February 22, 2007
Attorneys General: Lift Restrictions on Blood Donations by Gay, Bi Men
The recent liberalization of the policy is a good move but doesn't go far enough, they say.
April 22, 2020