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Kevin Spacey, on behalf of accepting is award at the 2015 Golden Globes

While the agency's new guidelines may be good news for bisexuals and celibate gay men who want to donate, it's a far cry from a significant change in policy.

As protests sparked by a grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson began spreading nationwide, furor was also growing in cyberspace, in the social-justice halls of Tumblr, a social-blogging platform dominated by users in their teens, 20s and early 30s.

Their feeds were vivid mash-ups of articles, GIFs, cleverly labeled images, court documents, smartphone videos, stickers and cartoons, and their posts contained news about Ferguson, along with tidbits about identity, inequality, police abuse, racism, body shaming and more.”

"There are more than 215 million blogs on Tumblr and, according to comScore, an analytics company, 50 percent of Tumblr users are from 15 to 34 years old. The company’s internal surveys show that 64 percent of users say that they care about social causes and look into them on Tumblr. These numbers suggest that millennials, who have long been pigeonholed as an apathetic bunch, have a strong interest in social issues — it’s just hidden from the eyes of their elders. …

“You can create your own identity via Tumblr,” said Moya Bailey, 31, a postdoctoral fellow at Northeastern University in women’s studies and digital humanities. “I see many more diverse images on Tumblr than I see anywhere else. It’s one of the few places where I see fat people, trans women and trans women of color who are celebrated.” …

Ms. Moore… recalled organizing a moment of silence in San Diego after Michael Brown was killed. Nearly 400 people attended the event — a number that’s large for the small and conservative San Diego, Ms. Moore said — and many others followed up with emails asking to participate in the future. “I was blown away at how engaged and how passionate people can be on Tumblr,” she said.”