Blood service remends Health Canada end gay blood donatn ban - The Globe and Mail

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• CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC NOW ALLOWS SOME GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE PLASMA CALGARY, LONDON, ONT.
• CANADA TO LIFT BLOOD DONATN BAN ON SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN
• CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC TO REMEND END OF BLOOD DONATN BAN ON GAY, BISEXUAL MEN
• HEALTH CANADA ENDS BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN
• CANADA LIFTS BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD; MT BE ABSTENT FOR 5 YEARS
• CANADA REMOV BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN
• LGBTQ ACTIVISTS HOPE OFFICIALS LET GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD AMID COVID-19 NCELLATNS
• BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS HEALTH CANADA END GAY BLOOD DONATN BAN
• CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS
• BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• CANADA LIFTS BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD; MT BE ABSTENT FOR 5 YEARS
• CANADA TO LIFT RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• FDA MOV TO EASE L FOR BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

OTTAWA (AP) — Health Canada on Thursday lifted rtrictns on gay men donatg blood, a move Prime Mister Jt T said was “good news for all Canadians” but had taken too long. Health Canada approved the requt by Canadian Blood Servic to end the policy that rtricts homosexuals om donatg blood for three months after engagg gay sex.

BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

The policy began 1992 as an outright ban on gay men donatg blood followg a tated blood sndal. Several chang were later ma to the blood donatn regime until ferral perds for donatns by gay men were lowered om a lifetime ban to three months 2019. HealthCanadian Blood Servic submted a proposal to Health Canada Wednday to end the ban on sexually active gay men donatg blood and suggted that screeng foc on high-risk behavurs for all donors Canada expected to rpond to Canadian Blood Servic remendatn by sprgCanadian Blood Servic has sent a submissn to Health Canada remendg an end to the ban on sexually active gay men donatg blood.

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC NOW ALLOWS SOME GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE PLASMA CALGARY, LONDON, ONT.

(Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Prs)Canadian Blood Servic on Wednday remend an end to the ban on sexually active gay men donatg blood a submissn to Health submted a proposal, backed by rearch, suggtg that screeng foc on high-risk behavur — cludg havg multiple sexual partners — by all donors stead. Feral misters, cludg the prime mister, have said they want to speed up an end to the gay blood ban, and Health Canada is expected to rpond to the blood-service remendatn by the sprg. Canadian Blood Servic now allows some gay, bisexual men to donate plasma Calgary, London, blood service has suggted that the new screeng qutns be changed to foc on risk, not sexual potential donors would be asked if they have had new or multiple sexual partners.

If they answer y, they would then be asked if they have had anal troduced a lifetime ban for gay men 1992.

LondonCanadian Blood Servic is takg the first steps to allowg gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men — which lls the gbMSM muny — to donate blood plasma, startg the tt ci of Calgary and London, agency's prev policy has been lled discrimatory, cludg by men who have sex wh menBlood plasma is the straw-loured liquid ponent left when blood cells are removed om whole blood. Canadian Blood Servic is ttg out s plasma donatn eligibily, London, Ont., and Calgary, for gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men.

CANADA TO LIFT BLOOD DONATN BAN ON SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN

(Hiep Vu via Canadian Blood Servic)Canadian Blood Servic is takg the first steps to allowg gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men — which lls the gbMSM muny — to donate blood plasma, which is startg two tt ci: Calgary, Alta., and London, marks the first time the agency is openg donatns to gay and bisexual men. My blood is a rare type and ed to donate regularly before gay men were banned.

"Plasma donated by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men London and Calgary will be ma to plasma prote products when the donor at least 60 days later wh a plasma donatn that tts negative for fect diseas. It is ed a variety of treatments for rare, life-threateng, chronic and geic years, Canadian Blood Servic has e unr fire for not allowg men who have sex wh men to donate blood, a practice many ll homophobic.

The agency did not say when would expand the current plasma donatn abily to other centr beyond Calgary and ferral perd drops to 3 months for gay, bisexual men"We unrstand that beg turned away om donatg n leave any donor wh a sense of tratn and disappotment, " the agency said.

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC TO REMEND END OF BLOOD DONATN BAN ON GAY, BISEXUAL MEN

"We also regnize that the slow pace of chang to donor creria that still exclu many gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men has been paful and tratg for many, and we are workg to create a more clive system. Liberals say they will act ‘quickly’ to end blood donatn ban on gay, bisexual men. Canada’s blood donatn ban to end for gay and bisexual men.

A look at Canada’s ban on blood donatn om gay men and what’s next. Canada electn: T says Liberals workg to end blood donatn rtrictns for gay men.

“It still shocks me 2022 that as a gay male, I actually n’t donate blood.

HEALTH CANADA ENDS BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

“HIV is not a gay disease, we know that, ” he said. “To remove this part that was discrimatory towards men who have sex wh men, gay men and bisexuals, ’s a step the right directn for the LGBTQ2S+ people this untry. An end to the ban on gay and bisexual men om donatg blood — promised by Prime Mister Jt T 2015 — is set to be remend wh weeks favour of new screeng creria based on sexual history and behavur.

CANADA LIFTS BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD; MT BE ABSTENT FOR 5 YEARS

Feral judge rejects Health Canada's claim has no role barrg gay men om donatg bloodLiberal ndidate ref to fend blood donatn rtrictns for some gay menThe blood service says is preparg to ce evince om untri that do not ask donors such qutns, as well as rearch on risk of HIV transmissn, s submissn to Health Canada wh the next six weeks. But anyone who has had anal sex wh a new partner or multiple partners the prev three months — regardls of their partner's genr — mt wa three months before stands now Canada, a gay man who has had sex wh one partner the last three months nnot give blood, but a straight man n, no matter how many partners he has had sex wh durg the same time Mister Jt T has e unr prsure om MPs and the LGBTQ muny to scrap qutns for donors aimed at gay men. Chang 'long overdue, ' says NDP MPT has e unr prsure om MPs and the LGBTQ muny to scrap qutns for donors aimed at gay men.

" The MP has been prsg misters to end the gay and bisexual blood-donatn ban for almost 10 years. Canadian Blood Servic now allows some gay, bisexual men to donate plasma Calgary, London, mtee to study blood donor l for men who've had sex wh men"I have been llg for a shift to risk-based creria for a .

CANADA REMOV BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

I have argued there are two thgs wrong [wh this policy]: rtrictg the blood supply and promotg homophobia, " he Canada, which regulat the blood service, n only change the creria if evince is prented showg this will not crease risk.

We have more evince than ever before, stemmg om the MSM Rearch Program, ternatnal data and Canada-specific risk mollg, that dit sexual behavur-based screeng will not troduce risk to the blood supply, " Lewis troduced a lifetime ban for gay men 1992. Calgary paramedic 'elated' as Canada ends blood ban for men who have sex wh menBlood service remends endg ban on gay men donatg bloodInstead of beg asked about genr or sexualy, potential donors will be screened on higher-risk sexual behavur, such as anal sex.

Christopher Karas, who filed a human rights plat agast Health Canada to remove the ferral, says the policy still stigmatiz gay, bisexual men, and some transgenr people. Christopher Karas, a gay man who filed a human rights plat agast Health Canada, says the new policy still stigmatiz gay and bisexual men.

LGBTQ ACTIVISTS HOPE OFFICIALS LET GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD AMID COVID-19 NCELLATNS

(Evan Msui/CBC)"But I know that a lot of gay, bi men and trans people will still be barred by this policy, so I thk 's a b unfortunate that the ernment has cid this is the approach they want to take, " said Karas. "What they're sayg is that gay and bi men and transgenr [people]... Prevly, the feral ernment has tried to block Karas's urt challenge that argu Health Canada is discrimatg agast gay men by overseeg a ban that prevents men who have sex wh other men om donatg blood.

ListenThere's no reason for Canada to ntue banng gay men om donatg blood, says journalistPEERS Alliance says end to ban on gay blood donatn has been 'a long time g'When prsed by reporters on whether Health Canada played a plic role the discrimatory policy, T said scientific evince was need and didn't exist. Calls for full removal of ban on blood donatns om gay and bisexual men. But anyone who has had anal sex wh a new partner or multiple partners the prev three months _ regardls of their partner’s genr _ mt wa three months before stands now Canada, a gay man who has had sex wh one partner the last three months nnot give blood, but a straight man n, no matter how many partners he has had sex wh durg the same time ame.

T has e unr prsure om MPs and the LGBTQ muny to scrap qutns for donors aimed at gay men. ” The MP has been prsg misters to end the gay and bisexual blood-donatn ban for almost ten years. I have argued there are two thgs wrong (wh this policy): rtrictg the blood supply and promotg homophobia, ” he Canada, which regulat the blood service, n only change the creria if evince is prented showg this will not crease risk.

BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS HEALTH CANADA END GAY BLOOD DONATN BAN

We have more evince than ever before, stemmg om the MSM Rearch Program, ternatnal data and Canada-specific risk mollg, that dit sexual behavur-based screeng will not troduce risk to the blood supply, ” Lewis troduced a lifetime ban for gay men 1992. S., the Red Cross, along wh One Blood, Valant and partner LGBTQ+ muny health centers, are participatg a pilot study fund by the FDA select ci that uld potentially lead to chang for blood donor eligibily creria for gay and bisexual men. Canadian Blood Servic has today remend that Canada end the ban on gay men donatg blood, a submissn to Health McIntosh/The Canadian PrsThe feral ernment will no longer tomatilly ban sexually active gay and bisexual men om donatg blood to Canadian Blood Servic, endg a policy that has long been cricized as discrimatory and lackg scientific Canada announced the cisn Thursday, years after Prime Mister Jt T promised to elimate the ban.

Prr to Thursday’s announcement, Canada blocked gay and bisexual men, as well as other men who have sex wh men, om donatg blood unls three months had passed sce their last sexual ntact wh men. Opn: Canada should have scrapped s homophobic ban on blood donatns om gay men long agoBlood service remends Health Canada end gay blood donatn banCanadian Blood Servic spokperson Cathere Lewis said the new procs is ground science.

CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

In 2013, Health Canada said gay men uld donate blood, so long as they had not had sex wh other men the prr five Liberal Party promised to end the ban durg the 2015 electn mpaign that brought the T ernment to power. TORONTO -- Canada is liftg a nearly 30-year-old ban on gay men givg blood, though for the time beg only those who are abstent will be allowed to donate. But agency executive Dana Deve said this is the first step what Canadian Blood Servic hop will be a ntued effort to work out what is the bt approach to rporatg gay men to the donatn muny.

UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS

The lifetime ban agast donatns by gay men was stuted the mid 1980s by the Red Cross, which was then rponsible for the blood supply system.

"I thk is a step the right directn regardg non-discrimatn and stigmatizatn of gay men, " Waberg said via an email. Deve said this step will help the blood agenci gather safety data that may later be ed to open up blood donatn to more gay men.

BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

Crics of the policy have argued that gay men who are long-term monogamo relatnships should be allowed to give blood if they wish.

CANADA LIFTS BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD; MT BE ABSTENT FOR 5 YEARS

The lifetime ban applied to any man who had had a sexual enunter wh another man, enpassg as a rult some men who did not live as gay men, she noted.

A number of other untri already allow gay men to give blood, and some e a shorter ferral perd than Canada has settled on. In Bra and Atralia, gay men who haven't had sex wh other men for at least a year are eligible to donate. Health Canada on Thursday lifted rtrictns on gay men donatg blood, a move Prime Mister Jt T said was “good news for all Canadians” but had taken too long.

CANADA TO LIFT RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

”Health Canada approved the requt by Canadian Blood Servic to end the policy that rtricts homosexuals om donatg blood for three months after engagg gay sex. If they have, they will need to wa three months after such activy before donatg agency says askg about sexual behavr rather than sexual orientatn will allow to more reliably asss the risk of fectns such as policy began 1992 as an outright ban on gay men donatg blood followg a tated blood sndal. Several chang were later ma to the blood donatn regime until ferral perds for donatns by gay men were lowered om a lifetime ban to three months donatn ban was ially for life, but that policy was first eased 2013, when men who had sex wh men were allowed to donate after beg abstent for five years.

Experts have found that the bans had ltle effect, sce blood is now systematilly screened advance for vis such as HIV and Hepatis B and UK lifted s own three month ban on blood donatns om gay men last year. Rced s celibacy requirement for gay men om one year to three months October BBC ntributed to this story.

FDA MOV TO EASE L FOR BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

"When we see notic about blood shortag and the urgent need for donatn, 's very tratg to be a posn where you n't donate even though you would be an eligible match, " said Costcu, a sexual health specialist and associate profsor at McMaster anizatn won't allow gay and bisexual men like Costcu to donate blood if they are sexually active unr s current guil — spe seeg people ncel appotments amid lls for social distancg to avoid spreadg the l state that men n't have sex wh other men for three months before beg allowed to give blood bee the anizatn believ the hort is a high-risk group, as they acunt for the largt proportn of new HIV fectns reported Dt Costcu, a sexual health specialist and associate profsor at McMaster Universy Haton, who is gay, said Canadian Blood Servic should look to gay and bisexual men as donors.

(McMaster Universy)Gay and bisexual men have faced rtrictns sce the tated blood sndal of the 1980s, when thoands of Canadians were fected wh HIV or hepatis C om donated blood. That approach screens out gay men who have unprotected sex wh multiple partners, as opposed to those who are monogamo ferral perd drops to 3 months for gay, bisexual menOpnThis is not your father's gay blood ban era.

Costcu also said now is the time to donate bee all the ncellatns and closur have eed up time to give blood, pecially before Canada se a spike s that aren't travel-related — but the polici preventg gay and bisexual men to donate are workg agast that. "To ny that life-givg opportuny to gay and bi-sexual men who have the same ways of wantg to be a part of the muny as anyone else would is so offensive.