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proposed rule, which HUD has been working on for the better part of the past year, seeks to give emergency shelters the option of turning away individuals whose assigned sex at birth does not match their gender identity, if shelter administrators have a “good faith belief” that the person “is not of the sex, as defined in the single sex facility’s policy, which the facility accommodates.”The rule would nominally keep in place a 2012 Obama-era rule barring discrimination on the basis of sexual

The FDA has ended its 40-year ban on gay and bisexual men from donating blood, a policy that numerous critics said was discriminatory, the agency announced. Instead, the Food and Drug Administration issued updated recommendations on Thursday that include a questionnaire for all donors, regardless of sexual orientation, sex, or gender identity, to help understand their recent sexual activity. Photo: iStock.