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California police accused a lawmaker of DUI when she was sober. She says she was targeted because she's queer

Law enforcement has still refused to release the records from Sabrina Cervantes' DUI arrest, despite tests proving she was sober.

The Truth About Pre-Marital Blood Tests

Re-examining a vestige of the 20th century.

What Happens When You Can Find Your Soulmate From A Blood Test?

Writer John Marrs explains a reality where "the one" is in your blood.

Israel to Lift Gay Blood Ban

Thanks to a "double testing" system, men who have sex with men will soon be allowed to donate blood without a period of abstinence.

​What Are the New Guidelines for Gay and Bi Men Donating Blood?

The discriminatory blood ban based on sexual orientation is over, but what does that mean?

Anal Sex? Open Relationships?The Truth About the FDA's Revised Gay Blood Ban

The proposed new rules on blood donation from gay and bisexual men are nuanced. HIV advocate Scott A. Schoettes breaks them down.

Op-ed: Gay Abstinence Isn't an Answer to Blood Ban

A proposed amendment to the FDA blood ban that requires a one-year period of abstinence is ineffective and discriminatory, says the CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis.

The Digital Rectal Exam

A colonoscopy is recommended for all men over the age of fifty -- or earlier (age forty) for high- risk patients like African-Americans or men with a family history of prostate or colon cancer. Gay men should have a rectal exam beginning at age forty.

WATCH: Donate Your Gay Blood To End The Ban

One out filmmaker wants to bring attention to the FDA's lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood with a national gay blood drive on July 12.