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In the future, we'll (hopefully) realize that much of the scare over a disease with over a 99.5% recovery rate was intended to depersonalize our lives and separate us from each other. Authoritarian government officials have used the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to increase their control over the populace. Part of that includes removing as much personal engagement as possible. Simple gestures like handshakes are anathema in most of America now, and hugging is out of the question. But the most personal physical experience we can have with another person—sex—has been largely danced around until recently. Leave it to...

A push by activists to ease the 30-year-old blanket ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men faces a key test this week as a federal panel hears results of the latest research. The findings will be released amid growing pressure from politicians and advocates, including college students, to change the policy. Critics say the ban is a hangover from the early, fear-filled days of AIDS, stigmatizing gay men and ignoring advances in treatment and detection in the decades since...

Gay channel Logo looking for gay life in America Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:19 AM ET By Kimberly Speight LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Logo -- the channel that targets lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender viewers -- is looking for gay life in small-town America. The MTV Networks outlet has ordered six episodes of a series tentatively titled "U.S. of ANT," in which comedian Ant travels across the United States investigating how members of the gay community are getting along. The show is set to premiere in the summer. As to how the towns will be chosen, Ant said he's...