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"I know Corey would have loved to have helped someone, but some poor family has lost out." After suffering a horrific car crash last month, New Zealander Corey Eteveneaux was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. He died four days later, but his family’s grief turned to outrage when they learned Eteveneaux’s heart valves and corneas couldn’t be accepted for donation because he was gay. In New Zealand, men who have sex with other men are excluded from donating blood...

Ron Danta and Danny Robertshaw recently hosted 71 dogs in their home at the same time. Ron Danta and Danny Robertshaw have been a couple for nearly 30 years, and have been rescuing dogs for almost as long. The couple, based in South Carolina, scaled up their efforts in 2005, though, after Hurricane Katrina left hundreds of pets homeless. They saved about 600 dogs from New Orleans by fostering them until they could find forever homes. Since then, Danta and Robertshaw...

Archbishop Glenn Davies says same-sex marriage would have "irreparable consequences." The Anglican church has donated $1 million Australian (or about $85,000 U.S.) to fight same-sex marriage in Australia. The Sydney archdiocese’s donation is the largest public contribution to the “No” campaign, which is urging Australians to vote against legalizing marriage equality in the national postal survey ending November 15. “Brothers and sisters, the stakes are high and the cost is high,” said Archbishop Glenn Davies. “Yet the cause is just and it...

The internet titan has partnered with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center to chronicle the landmark's history. Last year President Barack Obama named Manhattan's Stonewall Inn — the site of an early clash in the fight for LGBT rights in America — a national monument with the goal of preserving it as a historic site. Now internet giant Google is assisting with a $1 million grant to New York City's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center...

“Not all families are as understanding." An LGBT youth advocacy group in Charlotte, North Carolina, received a 1.5 million donation from a prestigious local family this week. Sarah Belk Gambrell, 98-year-old heiress to the Belk chain of department stores, donated the money from the Gambrell Family Foundation. It amounts to almost half of the $3.4 million Time Out Youth is attempting to raise to build its first shelter for LGBT homeless youth. TOY director Rodney Tucker calls the money “life-changing for the...

Gamer Markiplier asked his 16million+ followers to donate to Human Rights Campaign in the US A California-based YouTube star has raised a staggering $130,000 (€122,000) for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) after appealing to his followers to donate. Markiplier, real name Mark Fischbach, launched his GoFundMe page on Monday. In just over two days, he has smashed the $100,000 (€93,700) target. Announcing its launch at the start of the week, the 27-year-old said in a statement, ‘Today we stand by our LGBTQ+...