​What Are the New Guidelines for Gay and Bi Men Donating Blood?
The discriminatory blood ban based on sexual orientation is over, but what does that mean?
August 7, 2023
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FDA Updates Gay Blood Ban With Abstinence Plan
Gay and bi men in the U.S. can now donate blood -- as long as they haven't had sex with another man in the last 365 days.
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December 22, 2015
Gay Man Sues Canada Over Sperm Donation Restrictions
He says the current restrictions on queer men from donating sperm in Canada is discrimination.
February 2, 2023
Girl Scouts Tackle Transphobia, Raise $100K in One Day
When the Girl Scouts took a stand for trans girls, online support went viral.
June 30, 2015
Questions Arise After Young Man Dies in Home of Dem Donor
Gemmel Moore, 26, died of a reported meth overdose at the home of political activist Ed Buck.
August 10, 2017
California Governor Brown Signs Four LGBT-Supportive Bills
They address benefits for transgender workers, assisted reproduction, anti-LGBT bullying, and the collection of demographic data.
October 7, 2015
Florida Medical Boards Tighten Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
Despite pleas from transgender people and supporters of transgender people, Florida's two medical boards have outlawed gender-affirming care for minors.
February 13, 2023
HRC Blasts FDA's Revised Blood Ban
Civil rights groups say the FDA's new guidelines are 'unacceptable' for retaining restrictions on blood donations by sexually active gay and bisexual men. And for transgender donors, there's also a change in the works.
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May 12, 2015
22 Republican AGs threaten to make it illegal for the American Academy of Pediatrics to endorse trans care
The letter, which was sent to the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, attempts to use consumer protection laws to make it against the law to support puberty blockers.
September 28, 2024
The Advocate ranked the 25 most important queer history moments of the century so far
From the good and the bad, from marriage equality, decriminalization of queer sex, and groundbreaking electoral victories to the Pulse massacre and the unfortunate election of Donald Trump to the presidency — twice — here are the biggest queer news events of the first quarter of the 21st century.
December 23, 2024
Surgeon Has Plans to Transplant a Uterus Into a Trans Woman
Dr. Narendra Kaushik is optimistic the surgery will succeed.
May 11, 2022
New York Times reveals extravagant spending at GLAAD, but the group calls the article ‘grossly misleading’
The lengthy exposé comes amid GLAAD’s criticism of the newspaper’s coverage of transgender issues.
August 2, 2024
Key to Passing Nondiscrimination Bill: GOP Donors?
An unlikely constituency is funding the fight for LGBT rights, using the marriage equality road map.
September 8, 2015
Op-ed: Gay Rights Spread Slowly in Nepal, But Queer Women Suffer
Lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender men are left behind in Nepal's fight for LGBT equality, but one group is working to close the gap.
November 5, 2014
To The FDA, Everyone Transgender Is a Gay Man
There's a secret in the federal blood donation policy: it treats all transgender people -- male or female -- like they're gay or bisexual men.
February 2, 2015
Canadian Blood Donor Turned Away Due to Trans Identity
While trans people in the U.S. are routinely rejected as blood donors, one Canadian trans woman has found herself on the receiving end of the same discriminatory treatment north of the border.
May 19, 2014
Last Ban on Gay, Bi Blood Donors Falls in U.K.
Northern Ireland will end the permanent ban on male donors who've had sex with men.
June 4, 2016
Turned Away for Being Trans, Seattle Woman Sues Blood Bank
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration still categorizes transgender women as 'men who have sex with men,' meaning they're considered 'higher risk' in formal recommendations to blood banks.
May 12, 2015
Girl Scouts Return $100K to Transphobic Donor
'Girl Scouts is for every girl,' says a troop leader, who's looking for new donations to recoup the lost funds.
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June 30, 2015
Most Complex Penis Transplant Ever Performed on Bomb Victim
The patient was a military veteran -- would the military make such surgery available to transgender men?
April 23, 2018
Young Trans Man, Matthew Spampinato, Killed in Hit-and-Run
Spampinato was walking home from his job at a Starbucks location, where he was well-liked by coworkers and customers.
March 6, 2022