Quickies: Black Culture, Blood, and Book Burning

• The author of “Dear White Gays: Stop Stealing Black Female Culture” defends her article on CNN.
• That baby we hoped was cured of HIV: not cured.
• Gay and bisexual men and allies recently engaged in a nation-wide protest of the federal ban that bars them from donating blood.
• The White House responds to a petition asking the government to recognise non-binary genders.
• Laverne Cox is the first transgender actress to be nominated for an Emmy.
• Librarian fail: the Singapore National Library Board is planning on destroying all system copies of three children’s books dealing with same-sex parenting.

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