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so there was a shooting that happened at 3 spas in Atlanta that killed 8 people, six of which were asian women. the articles i was going to link had pictures of the shooter, which i am not going to spread, but this can be easily validated with a google search.

here are links to donate. i'm very tired.

Donate — Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta

Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta

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50 Ways to Donate in Support of Asian Communities

From funds to help struggling businesses to community-enrichment organizations.

The Strategist

other asian americans feel free to drop their donation links too. mine is in my blog description. thanks

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I also want to add that the victims were sex workers which has often not gotten acknowledged as a reason for the violence and hatred towards them. Please also consider donating to and spreading the word about RedCanarySong. They are a collective serving specifically asian and migrant sex workers.

@redcanarysong

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For the details with no paywall:

More gay and bisexual men will now be able to donate blood under finalized FDA rules

While the number of people eligible to donate blood has expanded, the agency says it will continue to monitor the safety of the blood supply

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The article says that the guidelines have been updated. Instead of asking if you’re a man that’s had sex with another man in the past 3 months it asks everyone regardless of gender if they’ve had anal sex with a new partner or if they’ve had anal sex with multiple partners in the past 3 months.

This both opens up blood donation to msm in exclusive relationships or who don’t have anal sex and more accurately identifies hiv risk from people who aren’t msm. This is exactly the sort of guidelines we’ve been fighting for for years. This is a major win for both gay rights and blood donation in the US. Now a bunch of people who couldn’t donate before can donate now.