Removing the gay blood ban is not just about eliminating unnecessary discrimination, writes gay rights advocate Michael Cain.

THE MARCH MUST GO ON

It’s marching time. Each year around 28 June, the date on which in 1969 riots broke out in New York City’s Greenwich Village following the police raid of the Stonewall Inn, countries across the world stage their queer pride marches, with varying degrees of success.

Most of us are particular about who we let inside our homes (dragging in a bit of trade when in a drunk or drugged-fucked state aside). Travelling salespeople are not welcome in mine, for example.

Are you attending any events over the few days when thousands of enthusiastic, guitar-strumming, saint-loving worshippers hit Sydney?

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