Gay Men Canada Still Face Discrimatn When It Com to Organ Donatn

Contents:

• SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY MEN NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DONATE ANS
• DISCRIMATN AGAST GAY MEN WHO N'T MAKE DONATNS IS ARBRARY, ARCHAIC — AND ADLY
• ORGANS DONATED BY GAY MAN REJECTED, LLED 'HIGH RISK'
• MOM WANTS POLICY CHANGE FOR AN, TISSUE DONORS AFTER GAY SON'S ATH
• CANADA’S POLICY ON GAY MEN DONATG TISSUE IS ‘DISCRIMATN’: DOCTOR
• GAY MEN CANADA STILL FACE DISCRIMATN WHEN IT COM TO ORGAN DONATN
• CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC NOW ALLOWS SOME GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE PLASMA CALGARY, LONDON, ONT.
• GAY MAN FIGHTS 'DISCRIMATORY' POLICY THAT BANS HIM OM DONATG BLOOD. OTTAWA TRI TO BLOCK
• WHAT ARE THE BLOOD DONATN L GLOBALLY FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN?
• LIBERALS PASS ROLUTN TO END GAY AN DONOR BAN

SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY MEN NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DONATE ANS

Gay, lbian, or bisexual. As of now, the FDA, which overse blood and tissue donatn, has regulatns place which n lim what n be donated by gay men.

The limatns are NOT the same for an donatn--gay men the U. CanadaA number of an donatn groups said Monday that they are unaware of new Health Canada regulatns that mean sexually active gay men, jectn dg ers and other groups nsired high risk will no longer be accepted as an donors.

DISCRIMATN AGAST GAY MEN WHO N'T MAKE DONATNS IS ARBRARY, ARCHAIC — AND ADLY

A number of an donatn groups said Monday that they are unaware of new Health Canada regulatns that mean sexually active gay men, jectn dg ers and other groups nsired high risk will no longer be accepted as an new l, which me to effect December, are siar to the regulatns for termg who n donate blood. A spokwoman for Health Canada nfirmed the new regulatns an e-mail, but the partment didn't make anyone available to expla the should be on behavur: gay activistLevy said an donors shouldn't be held to the same high standards as blood donors bee the stak for the an recipient are higher.

About 4, 000 Canadians are wag for an an the gay muny plaed that the new policy is wrong-head and that Health Canada should foc on risky sexual behavurs, not sexual orientatn.

"I thk 's more of an issue of anal sex, anal terurse, than is to do wh whether someone is gay or straight, " said Dean Robson, a gay activist. When she asked if Reert was a sexually active homosexual male, Snyr rpond “y” whout a send thought. Then he went numb when he heard her say, “Well, unfortunately, that means …”Monogamo married gay men like Sean are at a lower risk for HIV than a sgle straight man wh a different partner every day.

ORGANS DONATED BY GAY MAN REJECTED, LLED 'HIGH RISK'

“But bee he was a gay man livg Ameri 2020 he was not allowed one of his fal wish. The woman on the phone wh Snyr was specifilly checkg about tissue donatn, which a sexually active gay man n’t give. And the 112, 000 Amerins need of an donatns and the hundreds of thoands more need of tissue donatns n’t afford any unnecsary ’s no nyg that men who have sex wh men, cludg gay men, bisexual men and others, are at greater risk for HIV; 57 percent of people livg wh HIV got om male-to-male sexual ntact.

MOM WANTS POLICY CHANGE FOR AN, TISSUE DONORS AFTER GAY SON'S ATH

Monogamo married gay men like Sean are at a lower risk for HIV than a sgle straight man wh a different partner every day — yet another example of how the polici are FDA and HHS fally showed some movement on this issue by amendg the guil on blood and an donatns recent years.

But for many men, this abstence requirement still amounts to a lifetime any rctn the ludicro rtrictns is a step the right directn, the three months of abstence is nonsensil bee don’t actually crease the safety of recipients, even as ntu to discrimate agast gay and bisexual FDA admted April that the replacg of the lifetime ban wh a 12-month celibacy requirement 2015 ed “no crease risk to the blood supply. Of Iowa died by suici after homophobic bullyg 2013, his fal wish had been to donate his ans and tissue. “I uldn’t unrstand why my 16-year-old son’s ey uldn’t be donated jt bee he was gay, ” Betts’ mother said at the time.

"I was asked if he was a gay male and I said, 'y.

CANADA’S POLICY ON GAY MEN DONATG TISSUE IS ‘DISCRIMATN’: DOCTOR

' And I was asked if he was a sexually active gay male or if he had a partner and I said, 'y, '" Campana said of a nversatn she had wh Trillium Gift of Life followg Rocky's said the tone of the nversatn changed, and the fay was later told they uld not donate Rocky's ans. "The gay on said, 'Nancy, we n't donate blood; they're not gog to take our ans. The chang mean sexually active gay men, jectn dg ers and other groups nsired high risk will no longer be accepted as an l are siar to the regulatns for termg who n donate blood.

Those l exclu groups that are at high risk of transmtg fect diseas such as HIV and hepatis C and Health Canada policy:A gay man who had practised abstence for five years prr to an donatn would be nsired an acceptable donor. They want to be easier for a gay man's ans to be donated. "Acrdg to the Health Canada legislatn, a man or woman who is gay would fall to the high-risk tegory.

Rocky Campana attempted suici and was taken off life support shortly after Augt of last fay believ this is about sexual orientatn, and now they're takg on the system that tegoriz gay donors as high risk. However, his tissu were rejected when he died last November, said his mother Cdy Gat-Dee, who learned om readg her son's medil rerds that his "homosexual stat, " as noted on a screeng form by a tissue specialist, meant he was cled as a high-risk donor bee he'd had sex wh another man the last five neher she nor Dee's hband was asked any qutns about Dee's liftyle to terme the probabily of high-risk behavur that specialists believe lead to creased risk of HIV or hepatis B and hepatis C, Gat-Dee said om Aylford, N. "I take a lot of offence to the assumptn that jt bee we were a homosexual relatnship that we were havg high-risk sex, " MacDonald jump tissue donatns, an referrals after N.

GAY MEN CANADA STILL FACE DISCRIMATN WHEN IT COM TO ORGAN DONATN

Q&ACalgary paramedic 'elated' as Canada ends blood ban for men who have sex wh menBlood service remends endg ban on gay men donatg bloodHealth Canada, which is rponsible for enforcg regulatns on human cells, tissu and ans for transplantatn, said all potential donors mt be asssed to ensure they would not be transmtg any fect diseas to recipients. "Informatn Morng - NS19:21Valley fay fightg for change to an donor screengAn Annapolis Valley fay is fightg for chang to the way an and tissue donors are screened, after their son's dyg wish to donate his tissu was nied bee he was gay. WATCH ABOVE: Even though gay men n donate ans, they are not eligible to donate tissu.

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

While he n donate ans like his heart, lung or kidney, he isn’t able to donate tissu like his rneas, heart valv or bon as a gay MORE: Tissue donatn often overlooked, but important, docs sayAlberta Health Servic says the policy is le wh natnal standards as outled by anizatns like the Amerin Associatn of Tissue Banks, Eye Bankg Associatn of Ameri and Health Canada. In a statement to Global News, the agency wrote: “Gay men are not prohibed om donatg tissu Canada and donor screeng creria is not based on sexual orientatn, but rather on health and safety nsiratns. Polici banng gay men om donatg blood and tissu were troduced around the world begng the mid 1980s, but the director of McGill Universy’s AIDS Centre says a lot has changed sce then.

“I don’t thk there is a need based on science to exclu gay men as donors of blood or tissu terms of protectg potential recipients om HIV, ” said Dr.

Waberg also says ’s wrong to say that a person has an creased risk of HIV fectn jt bee he is gay.

GAY MAN FIGHTS 'DISCRIMATORY' POLICY THAT BANS HIM OM DONATG BLOOD. OTTAWA TRI TO BLOCK

”An Alberta Health webse says there are over 4, 500 Canadians wag for a life-savg transplant, and even more people are wag for tissue transplants to improve their qualy of 2013, Canadian Blood Servic and Health Canada relaxed l around blood and tissue donatn for gay men. Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men givg blood, but some rtrictns rema.

Rabow Clic enurag gay men to give blood. FDA ncerned about endg US ban on blood donatns om gay men.

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

Canadian Blood Servic survey looks at relaxg rtrictns on gay donors.

Canada’s blood donatn ban to end for gay and bisexual men. Gat-Dee said Liam had always wanted to donate his tissue, but his body was nied by the regnal tissue bank due to the fact that he was a gay marriage. “It felt to me like, bee my son was gay, they tomatilly assumed that he had engaged risky behavurs and that he was rryg HIV or hepatis, ” Gat-Dee said.

LIBERALS PASS ROLUTN TO END GAY AN DONOR BAN

They were not engagg risky behavurs, they were a happily married, lovg, gay uple. ScienceSexually active gay men, jectn dg ers and other groups nsired high risk n donate ans, but only if thorized by recipients, Health Canada Canada has clarified s latt policy on an donatns om sexually active gay men, jectn dg ers and other groups nsirs high risk, sayg that do not ban the e of ans om the groups.

"Unr the formalized policy, for example:A gay man who had practised abstence for five years prr to an donatn would be nsired an acceptable donor. 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.