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• GERMANY TO EASE L ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DONATG BLOOD
• GAY MEN STILL FACE HURDL TO DONATE BLOOD AMID NATNAL SHORTAGE
• GERMANY TO LIFT RTRICTNS ON GAY BLOOD DONORS: REPORT
• GERMANY PH TO END GAY BLOOD DONOR DISCRIMATN
• BLOOD DONATN: GAY UPLE 'THRILLED' AFTER L CHANGE
• WHICH UNTRI PROHIB GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN OM DONATG BLOOD?
• GAY MEN NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD MOST COUNTRI
• GERMANY TO EASE L ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DONATG BLOOD
• WHAT ARE THE BLOOD DONATN L GLOBALLY FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN?
• NEW BLOOD DONATN RUL TO LOOSEN RTRICTNS ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL
• BLOOD DONATN BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE
• THE FDA NSIRS EASG RTRICTNS ON BLOOD DONATNS BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS
• CALLS MOUNT TO LIFT BANS ON GAY MEN GIVG BLOOD AMID RONAVIS
• PLASMA DONATN REFERRAL FOR GAY MEN REMAS OPEN EU’S BLOOD REVISN
• GERMANY TO EASE L ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DONATG BLOOD

GERMANY TO EASE L ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DONATG BLOOD

BERLIN (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Germany is to relax a ban requirg gay and bisexual men to absta om sex for a year before donatg blood, as the ronavis crisis ramps up prsure on global monogamo same-sex relatnships will face no rtrictns when donatg blood, acrdg to a new risk asssment by the health mistry and the German Medil Associatn, seen by the Thomson Rters who engage sexual activy wh more than one man or wh a new male partner and straight people wh “equently changg partners” will have to wa four months before beg allowed to donate blood, the 77-page document says. “Blood isn’t gay or straight. 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.

GAY MEN STILL FACE HURDL TO DONATE BLOOD AMID NATNAL SHORTAGE

Dpe this urgent need for donatns, people who have sex wh gay or bisexual men are still facg rtrictns on their abily to give Food and Dg Admistratn bars people who have had sex wh gay or bisexual men om donatg blood for three months followg the most recent sexual ntact bee of fears of HIV the blood agency changed the ferral perd om 12 months to three months November 2020 as blood donatns fell and hospals faced cril shortag durg the first year of the COVID-19 advot, cludg the Human Rights Campaign, say the FDA is movg too slowly on removg the rtrictn, sayg that 's an outright ban on the abily of people, particularly gay and bisexual men, to donate blood.

Rtrictns on blood donatns om gay and bisexual men, who are nsired to be at high risk for HIV or AIDS transmissn, date back to the and bisexual men unrgo dividual risk asssments stead of time-based bans untri around the world, recently cludg Greece and France, acrdg to ternatnal reports. A person is tted durg the first gay men's blood drive, held at the Memorial Blood Center St. The event was held to prott feral l that effectively ban gay men om donatg Bispg/Star Tribune via Getty Imag, FILEValant told ABC News a new statement that rearchers are halfway toward s goal of enrollg 2, 000 participants across eight ci: Washgton D.

They enurage gay and bisexual men who are 18 to 39 years old to participate the FDA, a statement to ABC News, said that this study uld generate data that will help the agency terme if a donor's dividual risk asssment and qutnnaire would be jt as effective rcg the risk of HIV the blood supply as the time-based ferrals the FDA already has FDA also said do not have a specific timele for when the studi will be pleted but that is "mted to gatherg the scientific data that n support alternative donor ferral polici that mata a high level of blood safety. Acrdg to current guil om the German Medil Associatn (BAK), men who have sex wh men are only allowed to donate blood if they have not had "a new or more than one sexual partner" the past four people are asssed on whether they are "equently changg partners" l date back to the HIV/AIDS epimic the 1980s, when gay men were thought to rry a higher risk of passg on the the new l, potential donors will be asssed only on the "basis of the dividual behavur of the person willg to donate", acrdg to amendment to the law will e to force on April 1, after which the BAK will have four months to e up wh new guil, the report German Lbian and Gay Associatn (LSVD) weled the plans, llg them "long overdue".

GERMANY TO LIFT RTRICTNS ON GAY BLOOD DONORS: REPORT

German Health Mister Karl Lterbach said that the future gay blood donors would be asssed only on their dividual risk behavr. New Zealand, Bra ease l on blood donatns by gay men. Short of blood, US relax rtrictns on gay donors.

GERMANY PH TO END GAY BLOOD DONOR DISCRIMATN

UK eas curbs on blood donatns for gay, bisexual men. Currently, gay men nnot donate blood for a perd of four months if they eher had a new sexual partner or more than one sexual partner that time.

"Very good, " Lehmann tweeted while addg that blood donor discrimatn regards to gay and bisexual men and trans people will soon end. The Lbian and Gay Feratn Germany weled Lterbach's cisn to alter existg law regardg blood transfns but lled the move "long overdue. From Monday, gay men sexually active, monogamo relatnships n donate for the first who has had anal sex wh a new or multiple partners the past three months will have to wa three months to donate - regardls of their follows a review by the Fair (For the Asssment of Individualised Risk) steerg group, which nclud swchg to an dividualised, genr-ntral approach was fairer and mataed the safety of the blood review's remendatns are to be implemented by all four UK natns.

BLOOD DONATN: GAY UPLE 'THRILLED' AFTER L CHANGE

It scribed how the disease attacks the immune system and listed the groups most at risk, cludg gay men who had several sexual partners and traveno dg ers. But on June 14th Bra swched to an dividual risk-asssment system for all as scientists have learned more about HIV/AIDS— is transmted via bodily fluids and n afflict people of any sexualy—many untri have remaed ut about blood donatn by gay and bisexual men.

15 Aug Gay Men Now Allowed to Donate Blood Most Countri.

WHICH UNTRI PROHIB GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN OM DONATG BLOOD?

Back the 1980s, this led to a ban on gay men donatg blood bee people were worried about AIDS and HIV spreadg. The Ban on Gay Men Donatg Blood. At the begng of the AIDS epimic, seemed like a good ia to ban gay men om donatg blood.

It has been over twenty years, and now lawmakers are thkg aga about whether gay men should be allowed to donate blood. France recently lifted the ban on gay men donatg blood bee they realized was wrong to assume that all gay dividuals have HIV.

GAY MEN NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD MOST COUNTRI

In Atralia and other untri, they have set up wag perds, which means gay men n donate blood after a certa amount of time whout dog certa activi. The goal is to lift the ban on gay men donatg blood more plac the future, so that everyone who is eligible n donate, no matter their sexual orientatn. The rensiratn of the ban on gay men donatg blood shows that we’ve ma progrs unrstandg how HIV spreads.

Why are there no openly gay players ele men's tennis? Gay and bisexual men monogamo same-sex relatnships will face no rtrictns when donatg bloodBy Enrique Anarte. BERLIN, June 29 (Openly) - Germany is to relax a ban requirg gay and bisexual men to absta om sex for a year before donatg blood, as the ronavis crisis ramps up prsure on global suppli.

"Blood isn't gay or straight. Eas ban on gay blood donors amid ronavis. Atralia mov to ease l on gay blood donors.

GERMANY TO EASE L ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DONATG BLOOD

Calls mount to lift bans on gay men givg blood amid ronavis. (This May 11 story rrects date and time reference for France fal par)LONDON (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Countri around the world are reviewg rtrictns on blood donatns by gay and bisexual men imposed durg the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis, wh some removg blanket bans and others rcg wag perds after gay ’s Supreme Court led on Friday that a 12-month ferral perd for gay and bi men to give blood was unnstutnal, a policy LGBT+ mpaigners had long argued was discrimatory given morn blood-screeng now, Brazil’s ernment will have to treat gay and bisexual men the same as heterosexual men when donatg blood.

It uld wre a new law that restat the ban, but s posn is not yet blood suppli have e unr prsure due to the ronavis panmic, lls have grown for ernments to replace abstence perds for men who have sex wh men to donate blood wh dividual risk-based month, the Uned Stat and Northern Ireland cut their abstence perds, while Atralia said plans to do are the l erng blood donatn by gay and bi men around the world:- Countri that impose lifelong bans on gay and bisexual men donatg blood clu Croatia, Iceland, Malaysia, Slovenia, Sgapore, Tridad and Tobago and Ukrae- At least 17 untri now have no rtrictns, cludg Argenta, Italy, Rsia, South Ai, Spa and, as of January this year, Hungary- In April 2020, the Uned Stat cut s celibacy perd om 12 months to three months amid a blood shortage- Last month, Northern Ireland also rced s ferral perd om one year to three months, brgg to le wh regulatns the rt of the Uned Kgdom- Some untri differentiate between blood products and blood general, but Bra men who have had sex wh another man the last three months and revered om Covid-19 nnot donate their plasma to a ronavis treatment trial- Most untri do not mentn whether takg Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a HIV-preventn dg, affects gay and bi men’s abily to donate blood. Bra says s three-month abstence perd appli regardls of whether someone tak PrEP or not- When Atralia announced s tentn to cut the abstence perd om 12 months to three April, said people takg PrEP would still have a 12-month abstence perd- Atria lifted a blanket ban on men who have sex wh men givg blood, replacg wh a 12-month abstence perd for gay and bi men December 2019- In March, Denmark lifted s lifelong ban, implementg a prevly announced wag perd of four months- France has had a wag perd of 12 months sce 2016, when lifted a ban on gay and bisexual men givg blood that had been place sce 1983Sourc: Thomson Rters Foundatn rearch, RtersReportg by Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage and Elsa Ohlen; Addnal reportg by Fab Teixeira; Edg by Helen Popper and Hugo Greenhalgh. Said the new guil would be more clive and were based on a review of data om other Fremson/The New York TimThe Food and Dg Admistratn plans to revise a longstandg policy that exclud most gay and bisexual men om blood donatn, stead adoptg an approach that will screen donors pendg on their recent sexual activy, agency officials said on move follows years of cricism om L.

WHAT ARE THE BLOOD DONATN L GLOBALLY FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN?

Feral officials have long jtified the excln of gay and bisexual men as a way to keep H. In 2015, the agency allowed gay and bisexual men to donate if they had not had sexual ntact wh other men for the prev perd was rced to three months after severe blood shortag durg the Covid-19 F. Said the agency’s proposal was an important step forward that would enable him — a gay married man — and many others to perform an important public service.

NEW BLOOD DONATN RUL TO LOOSEN RTRICTNS ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Said the new approach would be genr-clive — the screeng would also apply to women who have sex wh gay and bisexual men — and would foc on dividual risk, not blanket prohibns on groups.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL

A., shapg the proposal, reviewed data om a recent study of about 1, 600 gay and bisexual men eight metropolan areas.

”But, as a gay man, he said that not havg the abily to donate blood had ma him feel “shunned by the ernment, ” and he was disappoted that the change took so long. More about Ey AnthA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 21 of the New York edn wh the headle: New Blood Donatn Rul to Loosen Rtrictns on Gay and Bisexual Men.

Gay and bisexual men England, Stland, and Wal n now donate blood, plasma and platelets unr certa circumstanc whout havg to wa three months, the Natnal Health Service announced this week.

BLOOD DONATN BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Gay and bisexual men England, Stland, and Wal n now donate blood, plasma and platelets unr certa circumstanc, the Natnal Health Service announced this week a momento shift policy for most of the U.

Begng Monday, gay men sexually active, monogamo relatnships for at least three months n donate for the first time. S, the abily for gay and bisexual men to donate blood is still rtricted. A ban on gay and bisexual blood donors has been effect sce the early 1980s when fears about HIV/AIDS were wispread.

BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE

Origally, gay and bisexual men were pletely prohibed om donatg blood. " In craftg the new guidance, the FDA has been lookg to the rults of a study of about 1, 600 gay and bisexual men to velop screeng qutns that n intify potential donors who are most likely to be fected wh HIV.

THE FDA NSIRS EASG RTRICTNS ON BLOOD DONATNS BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

So monogamo gay men uld start donatg blood aga sometime 2023. That’s why AABB has led efforts to make blood donatn clive of non-bary donors and champned the adoptn of equable, science-based dividual donor asssment (IDA) procs to terme blood donor eligibily that wele LGBTQ+ blood donors, strengthen the blood supply and save Approv Historic Expansn of Donor EligibilyOn May 11, 2023, the Food and Dg Admistratn issued a fal guidance elimatg time-based blood donor ferral perds for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) and women who have sex wh MSM. For the first time, the Bin admistratn is mentg on the Food and Dg Admistratn's long-time blood donatn guil, which are impactg the LGBTQ+ muny by preventg gay and bisexual men om beg eligible blood statement, ma by a Whe Hoe official exclively to ABC News, acknowledg the paful origs of the policy and on the heels of the Amerin Red Cross clarg their first-ever natnal blood crisis last week, as suppli at hospals and blood banks bee dangeroly low.

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

Policy holds that sexually active gay or bisexual men mt absta om sex for at least three months before they're allowed to donate blood. The le appli to gay and bisexual men who are monogamo and those who tt HIV negative and are practicg safe sex. It also clus gay and bisexual COVID-19 survivors who wish to donate nvalcent plasma, rich wh antibodi, for ’s PicksThe rtrictn on blood donatns me out of the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s, when limed ttg technology and pacy existed to screen blood for HIV.

CALLS MOUNT TO LIFT BANS ON GAY MEN GIVG BLOOD AMID RONAVIS

In 1983, the FDA implemented a lifetime ban on blood donatns om all men who had sex wh men after FDA removed the lifetime ban and enacted a 12-month ferral perd 2015, meang gay or bisexual men had to absta om havg sex wh other men for at least 12 months before donatg blood.

The FDA nsirs easg rtrictns on blood donatns by gay and bisexual men The Food and Dg Admistratn is likely to propose easg rtrictns on blood donatns by gay and bisexual men. The FDA nsirs easg rtrictns on blood donatns by gay and bisexual men. The Food and Dg Admistratn is likely to propose easg rtrictns on blood donatns by gay and bisexual men.

Origally, gay and bisexual men were pletely prohibed om donatg blood out of fears they would ntamate the blood supply wh HIV. In 2015, the FDA lifted the total ban on blood donatns by gay and bisexual men and stead said they uld donate as long as they hadn't had sexual ntact wh other men for at least a year.

PLASMA DONATN REFERRAL FOR GAY MEN REMAS OPEN EU’S BLOOD REVISN

This qutnnaire would be based on the rults of a study of about 1, 600 gay and bisexual men that was signed to velop a set of screeng qutns that would intify potential donors who are most likely to be fected wh HIV. Here's Tony Morrison om the group GLAAD, which has long cricized the current MORRISON: It's a discrimatory policy that assum that HIV is a gay disease, and is very much not. NEW YORK/BERLIN (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Andreas, a gay man livg Berl, wants to donate blood but he is not allowed.

Germany’s l require that gay or bisexual men absta om sex for at least 12 months before donatg due to ncerns over exposure to given the prsur on the blood suppli as ronavis lockdowns prevent new donors g forward, Andreas, who did not want to give his surname, has a solutn - lie.

Food and Dg Admistratn (FDA) cut a 12-month wag perd for gay and bisexual men givg blood to three months, havg reported a dramatic slump donatns due to social distancg and the ncellatn of blood untri troduced blood donatn ntrols the wake of the HIV/AIDS epimic the 1980s when fected blood, donated by dg ers and prisoners, ntamated Prof.

GERMANY TO EASE L ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DONATG BLOOD

Bra and Canada require gay and bisexual men to absta om sex for three months before donatg.

Sgapore and Greece are among the untri that ban men who have same-sex sexual relatns om donatg blood Uned Stat ially imposed a total ban on gay and bisexual men donatg blood 1985 at the height of the HIV/AIDS epimic but eased the l 2015 to a 12-month wa. “We will keep fightg until the ferral perd is lifted and gay and bi men, and all LGBTQ people, are treated equal to others, ” GLAAD Print Sarah Kate Ellis said a ’s Feral Mistry of Health cled to ment, but officials Atria said ronavis ncerns would not fluence official policy on donatns om gay or bisexual men.