United States drops lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood
In November, France began to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood – but like in the US, donors can only give blood if they’ve been abstinent for a year. For its part, the FDA cited the fact that several other countries – including the United Kingdom …

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#Bestof2015: HRC Releases 2016 Buyer’s Guide to Support Businesses That Support LGBT Equality

HRC’s 2016 Buyer’s Guide was released right in time for the holiday shopping season, allowing shoppers to support companies that have inclusive policies toward LGBT employees.

The handy, user-friendly guide, which was first issued more than a decade ago, provides invaluable consumer information based on company scores reported in HRC’s annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI). It also includes HRC-researched data on additional well-known companies and their brands.

The Buyer’s Guide cover a variety of sectors, including apparel and accessories, banking and finance, food and beverage, home and garden, restaurants and technology.

HRC also released an updated Buyer’s Guide app for mobile and tablet devices. Download the free app in the Apple Store and in Google Play.

Whether you are picking up lunch, buying a new suit or looking for a new computer, by supporting businesses that support LGBT workplace equality you send a powerful message that LGBT inclusion is good for the bottom line.

Read the Buyer’s Guide report in full here.

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.

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For LogMeIn, Smart Cat Doors Are Just the Beginning
LogMeIn is also looking to implement its BoldChat service into connected devices that can be controlled through a smartphone app, so that customer support representatives can connect with customers over a private chat room. While Xively is currently a …

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Andrew Scott: 'Sherlock fans aren't freaky… they are just enthusiastic, which is cool'
The 39-year-old actor from Dublin, who was Moriarty in the BBC’s Sherlock and a Bond baddie in Spectre, talks about playing the villain and why Ireland’s recent referendum on gay marriage was important.

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PCB leaves no stone unturned to support Amir
KARACHI: In an official press release issued on Wednesday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) continued to voice its support for pacer Mohammad Amir, who is currently in Pakistan’s training camp for the upcoming New Zealand series. Amir, 23, was banned …

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Restrictions on blood donations eased
Now, gay and bisexual men are allowed to donate blood if they have abstained from sex with men for a year. With the change, the FDA’s policy is now in line with several other countries, including the United Kingdom and Australia. While some gay rights …

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Don’t Stop Gay, Bisexual Men from Donating Blood, says FDA
If we see back, it is not wrong to say that 2015 was a dream year for gay, lesbian, transgender and bi-sexual people. In June, the United States Supreme Court announced a decision in favor of marriage equality to more acceptances of gender identity.

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Mumbrella’s Christmas wrap of 2015’s best (and worst) festive ads
If you’ll indulge me for a few paragraphs, I just want to have a bit of a spoiler-free chat about why, in my opinion … you something about the place of the public broadcaster in the Australian media landscape. Simon Veksner asks whether the stance …

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Never mind the Tyson Fury uproar. Boxing brings huge benefits to communities
Will Adams — who is openly gay — likely resort to violent criminal actions in … but I have visited the local boxing club and had a chat with them and they do good stuff with bringing a degree of order into kids’ lives.’ It’s good to see Corbyn …

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