FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Gay, Bisexual Men
The new rules bring the United States in line with Britain … “Blood donation policies should be based on science, not stigma”. However, gay rights advocates have called the updated policy still discriminatory. Local health officials say they agree …
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Monthly Archives: December 2015
PAC tells govt to serve Malawians not donors, reject gays
PAC tells govt to serve Malawians not donors, reject gays
Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom put pressure on governent to drop homosexual charges against Cuthbert Kulemeka and Kelvin Gomani latest suspects in gay case. “Government should be decisive on this matter. It is very clear Malawians have …
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Manitoba's first openly gay MLA reflects
Manitoba's first openly gay MLA reflects
WINNIPEG — The early 2000s were not that long ago, but seem like a different era to Jim Rondeau. Back then, Manitoba’s first openly gay legislature member sat on the government’s backbench and watched opposition politicians vote against his right to …
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Tech-savvy GenZ lets mom take a call on smartphone
Tech-savvy GenZ lets mom take a call on smartphone
21% of respondents use video chat to learn a new hobby and 17% go online to do school assignments. Pradipta Bagchi, vice-president and head, Global Communications, said, “GenZ youth of Indore are socially collaborative, technologically aware and truly …
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#Bestof2015: Communities Unite to Support Transgender Youth
#Bestof2015: Communities Unite to Support Transgender Youth
This year, we have seen more and more Americans rally around transgender youth.
Jazz Jennings’ show I am Jazz brought transgender youth into living rooms across America, showing the power of living authentically and openly and the positive impact of an inclusive family.
Congressman Mike Honda opened up about his support for his transgender granddaughter in an NBC Nightly News interview, which also featured other transgender youth and their supportive parents. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen spoke out about her transgender son, Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, several times this year, including in an interview with Telemundo.
Last month, HRC released a new video featuring several mothers of transgender youth across the nation. While these moms expressed their unwavering support for their children, they also spoke about making the world safer and better place for all transgender and gender-expansive youth.
We heard heartwarming stories out of Wisconsin and saw schools work to embrace transgender and gender-expansive youth. Several states and cities ban the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy.
As more and more transgender people share their stories, the public’s understanding of gender identity and expression builds. Stories like Representatives Honda’s and Ros-Lehtinen’s, as well as these moms’, are vital to the public’s understanding of the experience of trans youth and their families.
For more information on supporting transgender students in the classroom, visit www.welcomingschools.org.
Counting down to 2016, HRC is celebrating our greatest milestones and victories in 2015. It has been another incredible year for LGBT equality and we could not have done it without you — our members, readers and supporters–and we look forward to continuing our work in 2016. Stay tuned for more highlights from 2015.
Digital Sleuth Who Took Down a Drug Lord
Digital Sleuth Who Took Down a Drug Lord
A tax investigator, he had spent much of the weekend in the living room of his New Jersey townhouse, scrolling through arcane chat rooms and old blog posts, reading on well after his fiancée had gone to sleep. The work had given Mr. Alford what he …
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Appeal filed in free speech case over anti-gay essay
Appeal filed in free speech case over anti-gay essay
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A judge dismissed a former University of New Mexico student’s lawsuit alleging she was ostracized by professors for anti-gay remarks made in a paper, federal court documents revealed. Monica Pompeo and her attorney, Bob Gorence …
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Robert Spitzer, influential US psychiatrist, dies aged 83
Robert Spitzer, influential US psychiatrist, dies aged 83
Dr Spitzer said he pressed for the change after meeting gay rights activists and determining that homosexuality could not be a disorder if gay people were comfortable with their sexuality. “A medical disorder either had to be associated with subjective …
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Sydney – Beautiful beaches, beautiful people, and beautiful weather
Sydney – Beautiful beaches, beautiful people, and beautiful weather
Oxford Street – Part Deux While it may not be Australia’s capital – because Canberra’s just so much more… fun, exciting, beautiful… erm, anyone?! – Sydney’s the undoubted gay capital of the country. If not the hemisphere. Get over the …
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Superior man accused of Skype-based sex crime
Superior man accused of Skype-based sex crime
Curtis Bobby Schlies, 36, faces a charge of attempted sexual exploitation of a child based on three online chat sessions that took place on a social networking site. He failed to make an initial appearance in Douglas County Circuit Court on Dec. 2 …
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