Category: LGBTQ Issues
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Anti-gay Policy at the FDA and What You Can Do About It
Ireland recently became the first country to legalize gay marriage through public referendum, a major victory for the LGBT rights movement. The US Supreme Court is expected to follow in Irish voters’ footsteps soon; the court will probably rule in favor of legalized gay marriage when it issues an opinion…
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The FDA Modifies Gay Blood Ban But Continues to Disregard Facts
Just before Christmas, the FDA accepted the recommendation of a Department of Health and Human Services panel and announced its plan to modify its ban on gay blood donation. Instead of barring gay (and bisexual) men from donation for life, as the policy has up to this point, the FDA…
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Dear FDA: Let Gay Men Donate Blood
Gay men cannot donate blood in America. I was reminded of this discriminatory and illogical policy after a recent conversation about student advocacy on Twitter. In 2005, at the end of my junior year of high school, several friends and I mounted a campaign to change this rule. I wrote…
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Free Speech: More a Means than an End
There is a major difference between legitimate, intellectually honest disagreements and speech, activism, votes, and/or donations that oppress people.
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Lessons About Gay Rights and Business from Arizona Bill’s Veto
On Wednesday, February 26, Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoed S.B. 1062, a bill that would have helped Arizona businesses deny service to gay customers on religious grounds. Brewer’s veto and the political controversy surrounding the bill illustrated several important developments in the gay rights movement. First, US society is finally…
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