I just found this out last week and I was actually speechless. I'd given blood at the blood drive at my school the day before and so in gym the next day I was talking to this guy that I kinda know and I was telling him my horror story of how it went (I dont handle losing a pint of blood well I guess) and I asked if he donated. He was like "I can't. I'm banned for life." and I was like "wtf did you do to get banned for life" expecting a funny story or something, but then he said "I'm gay and the moment I have sex with another man I'm officially banned, so I told them fuck you and that I had even though I haven't yet".
I had no idea and I don't understand it.
So I was recruiting for my schools annual blood drive today at lunch. I asked my friend if he would donate and he said, “I can’t, I’m gay.” Since we are good friends we male fun of each other and make jokes at our own expense and I thought he was joking. But no. He was dead fucking serious. And I looked it up to verify.
In the US you are not allowed to donate blood if you are gay, bi, or lesbian.
I honestly have been pissed about this all day.
saw people talking about how the deliberate hand/face touching in this scene and had to draw it to for my mental health <3
usa gets silver:
russia gets silver:
chinese get silver:
british get bronze:
Good. Never stop.
i will never stop
"The Ferocious Four... ...Actually I'm not sure if I like ferocious"
I wish I was around when Hollywood didn’t promote beauty as being thin, but promoted actual talent!
Where there was no such thing as ‘Photoshop’, and every celebrity was real.
Where the beauty of the entertainer just naturally came with their work no matter what their shape or size was.
Does something ever happen to you and you’re like, “this is it. This is how I become a super villain”
[Image ID: Screenshot of a paragraph that reads ‘Batman is quite famously an orphan, as are the first two Robins. For years Tim Drake was unusual among the Batclan in having a living parent, but eventually the temptations of orphanhood overcame the writers. End ID]
still one of the funniest ways i’ve ever heard tim’s backstory recapped
After Will's possession, when the boys would have sleepovers, Mike would be the last one awake simply so he can stare at Will's slumbering face because it's one of the few times that his best friend looks peaceful. Its the quiet shadows of night, Dustin and Lucas are either snoring or kicking off the blankets cuz it's gotten too hot in the sleeping bags. Will is comfortable and he isn't twisting with nightmares or whimpering of relived horrific memories. Mike's entranced, eyes adjusting to the dark besides the little bit of moonlight seeping in through the basement window, just watching Will's face be soft instead of wary, fearful, annoyed, guilty, brief with splashes of respite before realizing its temporary.
So he watches Will with his mouth slack and a bit of spit dribbling out and pillow marks imprinting on his cheeks with his hair going to be a victim of bedhead in the morning and his limbs akimbo under the blanket with left foot sticking out - Mike takes the small moments in of when his best friend, 1st friend, Will Byers, is finally able to relax and get some rest. Mike makes sure he fall asleep last, yawning and drowsily staring until he has to pass out.
Finally transitioning from a Tumblr lurker to a sparse participant 20-something. She/Her/Hers
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