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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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Commentary
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.