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- WHICH UNTRI PROHIB GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN OM DONATG BLOOD?
- U.K. TO EASE RUL ON BLOOD DONATNS BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- PLASMA DONATN REFERRAL FOR GAY MEN REMAS OPEN EU’S BLOOD REVISN
- FRANCE LIFTS BAN ON GAY MEN AS BLOOD DONORS
- BLOOD DONOR L TO BE RELAXED FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ENGLAND
WHICH UNTRI PROHIB GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN OM DONATG BLOOD?
Policy change due 2021 will allow gay and bisexual men long-term relatnships to give blood * europe gay blood *
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. To Ease Rul on Blood Donatns by Gay and Bisexual MenThe new policy, which will take effect next summer, was scribed by Bra’s health secretary as a landmark and by an activist as “a fundamental shift toward regnizg people are dividuals.
Dendra Haria/SOPA Imag, via Getty ImagBra announced on Monday that would loosen rtrictns on blood donatn by gay and bisexual men begng next year, a shift policy lled “landmark” by the ernment and hailed by activists who have long fought l they scribed as change will take effect next summer after the remendatns of a health mtee that said a blanket ban on sexually active gay or bisexual men donatg blood should be lifted. ”A statement released on Monday by the Natnal Health Service remov the three-month barrier and says that gay and bisexual men who have had the same sexual partner for more than three months will be allowed to donate if there is no known exposure to a sexually transmted fectn and they are not g dgs to stop the spread of H.
U.K. TO EASE RUL ON BLOOD DONATNS BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. * europe gay blood *
Around the world, siar rtrictns have ed anger among gay-rights activists, who scribe them as stigmatizg. Spibey add, sayg he hoped would “have ripple effects around the world for potentially lns of gay and bi men.
PLASMA DONATN REFERRAL FOR GAY MEN REMAS OPEN EU’S BLOOD REVISN
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The new guil will apply to any person intifyg as male who has sex wh other, Italy and Spa also have relaxed l on blood donatns for gay or bisexual men.
Activists and many health experts have long said the laws surroundg men who have sex wh other men are antiquated and rerce harmful 2017, Bra changed the time ame for gay and bisexual men to absta om sex before donatg om one year to three months, cg this as a safe buffer to ensure any blood donated would not be fected. But the health mtee found that the three-month le was unnecsary for gay and bisexual men who had not engaged risky sexual behavr.
FRANCE LIFTS BAN ON GAY MEN AS BLOOD DONORS
“Lots of gay and bisexual men want to be able to do their part and donate blood and feel like they are makg that ntributn, ” Ms. “I look forward to the day where our policy chang Ameri, and our policy cisns, aren’t guid by homophobia and fear.
A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 12 of the New York edn wh the headle: Bra Plans to Ease Lims on Blood Donatns by Gay and Bisexual Men. In other untri such as Belgium, Germany and Atria, blood donatn by homosexuals is still subject to certa ndns.
The change would be troduced gradually, she said, followg extensive work by health thori, patient associatns and lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr donors. Yet today no one n ny that this excln is seen as the prumptn of homosexuals beg HIV-posive, ” Tourae said. Read: FDA plan: Gay men who absta om sex may be allowed to give blood.
BLOOD DONOR L TO BE RELAXED FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ENGLAND
Gay and bisexual men will be able to donate blood more easily om next summer followg a landmark policy change, the NHS blood service has announced. He said “The UK is leadg the way ensurg that blood donatn is more clive and now will allow many more gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men to donate blood. A lifetime ban on gay men donatg was rced to a one-year abstence om sex requirement 2011.