RH: LGBT + "Prohibición de donación de sangre a hombres homosexuales"
Relato de varias voces que exponen su opiniones sobre la prohibición que tienen los homosexuales en Colombia al donar sangre. Realizado por: Lisseth Llanos Fabian Guitiérrez Felipe Bonilla…
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Ottawa Catholic School Could Reverse Ban on Gay Rights Project
Ottawa Catholic School Could Reverse Ban on Gay Rights Project
Two Ottawa sixth-graders were barred from doing a social justice project on gay rights. The school board is reportedly reconsidering that decision.
Stevie St. John
'THREE,' Queer Web Series, Explores Monogamy In The Gay Community
'THREE,' Queer Web Series, Explores Monogamy In The Gay Community
What does it mean to be in a monogamous, long-term relationship in 2014?
A new web series from Nashville-based writer and director Jeff Swafford explores the idea of monogamy through the lens of two gay men. Called “THREE,” this humorous yet compelling web series asks: can two gay men be together long-term and still remain monogamous?
“THREE” is slated for a six-episode run in its first season and it will roll out over the next two months.
“I imagine a lot of people in long-term relationships deal with this issue in varying degrees, but it’s not really talked about,” Swafford told The Huffington Post. “I wanted to create a series that reflects some of the challenges I’ve experienced in my own relationship as well as those of a few of my friends.”
The series, which was filmed in Nashville using all local talent and crew, will feature music from several indie acts including Indiana Queen, who created the music in the first episode.
Check out the first episode above.
To keep up with upcoming episodes, you can visit the show’s website or Facebook page.
Tenth Circuit Declines Kansas Request to Hear Marriage Appeal En Banc
Tenth Circuit Declines Kansas Request to Hear Marriage Appeal En Banc
See The Inspirational Birth Retraction These Parents Took Out For Their Transgender Son
See The Inspirational Birth Retraction These Parents Took Out For Their Transgender Son
Assuming, of course, that the child is on board with being publicly outed as trans, this is just about the cutest way to break the news imaginable:
Kudos, Mom & Dad. Or Mom & Mom, Dad & Dad, or however your wonderful family is comprised.
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h/t Buzzfeed
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FDA Committee Inches Closer Toward Repealing Gay Blood Donor Ban
FDA Committee Inches Closer Toward Repealing Gay Blood Donor Ban
The FDA Committee is meeting today to discuss proposals of removing the ban that prohibits gay men from donating blood reports The New Civil Rights Movement. Talks of repealing the ban appeared last month when The Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood & Tissue Safety & Availability voted to drop the ban for any man who has not had sex with another man in at least a year. A Williams Institute study finds that repealing the ban would save over 1.8 million lives.
However, the one-year abstinence stipulation is still considered discriminatory, and the few gay men that are eligible to donate would yield little increase in the amount of blood donated. Ryan James Yezak, found of the National Gay Blood Drive, finds the new stipulation discriminatory and absurd.
Said Yezak:
“The policies that are in place, the lifetime ban, perpetuates negative stereotypes and stigma. It assumes that all gay and bisexual men are likely to have HIV and therefore must be blanket banned and that’s just not necessary in this day and age when they have the testing and other countries have moved to deferral time period.”
Although Yezak is disappointed with the methods of the new stipulation, he agrees that it’s at least a step in the right direction toward repealing the ban completely. Of course, the anti-gay right wing disagrees. Anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera, the head of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, staunchly affirmed his position on keeping the ban.
Said LaBarbera:
“First of all, HIV rates and sexually transmitted diseases are rising among homosexual-practicing men. So why would we be talking about softening the blood ban at a time when [STDs] are on the rise among men who have sex with men?”
The ACLU disagrees, saying criteria for becoming a blood donor should be based on science, not misinformed assumptions and discriminatory stereotypes. LaBarbera and his fellow constituents choose to ignore the fact that HIV is as much an issue for heterosexual people as it is the LGBT community. Fortunately, President Obama reaffirmed his support of those living with, and affected by, HIV and AIDS in a speech the day before the observance of World AIDS Day this year.
Anthony Costello
LGBT acceptance PSA
LGBT acceptance PSA
To learn more please visit: Amnesty International, Global action for trans equality (GATE), International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), Global Respect in Education (GRIN)….
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Sam Smith Talks Coming Out, Gay Spokesperson Remarks With Ellen DeGeneres
Sam Smith Talks Coming Out, Gay Spokesperson Remarks With Ellen DeGeneres
Sam Smith spoke about his decision to come out ahead of the release of his smash album, “In The Lonely Hour,” in a new interview with Ellen DeGeneres.
“It didn’t feel like a coming out … I came out when I was, like, four years old,” Smith, who recently nabbed two American Music Awards for New Artist of the Year and Favorite Male Artist, said. “My mom said she knew when I was, like, three, so I didn’t have to actually properly come out.”
He went on to note, “I kind of felt like I just had to mention it before I released my record … If I did it afterwards, people probably would’ve thought I was lying just to sell records, which wasn’t the case.”
The singer, 22, also clarified headline-making remarks he made his role within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community earlier this year, noting, “Of course I do [want to be a spokesperson for the gay community], but I want to be a spokesperson for everyone, you know?”
It’s been quite a year for Smith, whose hit singles “Stay With Me” and “I’m Not The Only One” have been dominating airwaves all throughout 2014. Earlier this fall, he was named Breakout of the Year as part of Out Magazine’s annual OUT 100 list.
Be sure to check out Smith’s performance of “I’m Not The Only One” from his Ellen appearance below:
