Beginning later this year, restrictions around gay men donating blood will be relaxed in Scotland and England. Right now, gay men can only donate blood if they have not had sex with another man for 12 months, but that period of time will soon be reduced to three months.
The upcoming Victorian Pride Centre in Melbourne, Australia added black and brown stripes to its rainbow logo in support of indigenous Australians and Australians of color. The bold political move was inspired by activists halfway around the world in Philadelphia who included similar stripes on a pride flag at this year’s Philly Pride to highlight LGBT people of color within the fight for queer rights.
GARETH THOMAS is a Wales rugby legend who was capped 100 times for the national union side. He came out as gay in 2009, making hm the first openly gay professional rugby union player.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum says he opposes same-sex couples as parents, but he would wait until a challenge to Florida’s ban on gay adoption makes its way to the state’s highest court before deciding whether to try to stop gay couples from being foster parents.
Olympian Greg Louganis is considered one of the greatest divers in history and an icon in the LGBT community. Decades after Louganis’ run in the Olympics, Tom Daley took over as the latest gay aquatic athlete to inspire young queer kids around the world. But there’s a new kid in town, and luckily for us, he’s not camera shy.
Thousands of revelers attended Jerusalem’s Gay Pride parade under police protection on Thursday, bringing the rainbow flag to the traditionally conservative city. More than 10,000 people attended the parade through central Jerusalem, police said, with dozens of roads closed off by security two years after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death by an ultra-Orthodox Jew during the event.
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