gay blood ban

However, some feel the guidelines still exclude and add stigma to too many gay and bi donors.

Sometimes Twitter surprises you.

Proposed new rules would require blood banks to screen donors based on individual risk.

The new policy sounds more inclusive, but PrEP users would still be excluded.

Other countries have been moving away from sexual orientation-based blood donation bans.

Legislators in the Knesset promised to eliminate Pride parades, remove a ban on conversion therapy, and endanger transgender medical care.

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.

The LGBTQ Equality Caucus just had its very first meeting with a sitting president.

“We are putting an end to an inequality that is no longer justified,” said Health Minister Olivier Véran.

It’s time for us to act before more lives are lost.

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.

There has never been a reported case of HIV transmission through corneal transplant surgery anywhere in the world.

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.

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.

The Log Cabin Republicans are counting this as an LGBTQ win from Donald Trump, even though he didn’t do it.

Over 4000 blood drives have been canceled due to coronavirus. They need all the blood they can get.

Because of coronavirus, almost 50 Congressional Democrats have asked the FDA to revise the blood donation ban.

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?

They are going to screen donors based on their individual risk, not their sexual orientation.

Facebook has alienated gay and bi users who are barred from donating blood.