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The FDA loosens blood donation rules, allowing more gay & bi donors
However, some feel the guidelines still exclude and add stigma to too many gay and bi donors.
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Gay Rep Mark Pocan donated blood. He brought liberals & conservatives together for once
Sometimes Twitter surprises you.
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FDA to end ban on gay & bi men donating blood
Proposed new rules would require blood banks to screen donors based on individual risk.
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Will the FDA’s proposed changes to the gay blood donation ban change anything?
The new policy sounds more inclusive, but PrEP users would still be excluded.
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Artist sells t-shirts printed with gay men’s blood in protest of blood donation ban
Other countries have been moving away from sexual orientation-based blood donation bans.
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Isreal’s new legislative leader promises to protect LGBTQ rights despite his party’s threats
Legislators in the Knesset promised to eliminate Pride parades, remove a ban on conversion therapy, and endanger transgender medical care.
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Gay & bi men can soon donate blood without restrictions in Canada
The current prohibitions on gay and bi male donors in America would forbid a man from donating blood to his dying husband, even if the two were in an exclusive monogamous relationship.
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Joe Biden meets with out LGBTQ lawmakers in historic first
The LGBTQ Equality Caucus just had its very first meeting with a sitting president.
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France ends ban on gay & bisexual male blood donors
“We are putting an end to an inequality that is no longer justified,” said Health Minister Olivier Véran.
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There’s a national blood crisis. It doesn’t have to be that way.
It’s time for us to act before more lives are lost.
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Israel is ending their ban on blood donation from queer men. Why isn’t America?
Men who have sex with men (and women they have sex with) in America are still prevented from freely giving blood as other countries around the world, blood banks, and scientists move away from such archaic policies.
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The ban on gay & bi men donating their eyes is leaving thousands blind
There has never been a reported case of HIV transmission through corneal transplant surgery anywhere in the world.
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House Democrats introduce a resolution to end the gay blood ban
The resolution calls on the FDA to end the ban on gay and bi men who donate blood and instead use a science-based approach.
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It’s time to end the ban on gay blood donation. People are dying & we can help.
Our community endured unspeakable trauma during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We learned from this fight. We want to help those in need.
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Gay Republicans praise Trump for easing the gay blood ban, but he didn’t even know about it
The Log Cabin Republicans are counting this as an LGBTQ win from Donald Trump, even though he didn’t do it.
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FDA loosens the gay blood ban in response to coronavirus pandemic
Over 4000 blood drives have been canceled due to coronavirus. They need all the blood they can get.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & House Democrats want to end the gay blood ban to fight coronavirus
Because of coronavirus, almost 50 Congressional Democrats have asked the FDA to revise the blood donation ban.
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In need of more blood donations? End the ban that prevents LGBTQ men from contributing.
In the midst of a pandemic, there are hundreds of thousands of blood pints that could become available. Why are men who have sex with men being excluded from openly helping out?
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Activists are opening an “Illegal Blood Bank” to protest the gay blood ban
They are going to screen donors based on their individual risk, not their sexual orientation.
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Gay & bi men can’t give blood. So why does Facebook keep asking them to donate?
Facebook has alienated gay and bi users who are barred from donating blood.