Gay Blood Donatn Ban Is Ineffective, Health Canada Documents Show

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• CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC NOW ALLOWS SOME GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE PLASMA CALGARY, LONDON, ONT.
• CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• NEWS IN VICTORIA: IN-DEPTH REPORTING AND LONGFORM JOURNALISMEE DAILY NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBEOUR TEAMWHO ARE WEWORK WH USADVERTISESUBM NEWS TIPSNEWSLETTERHEALTHNEWSBASED ON FACTS EHER OBSERVED AND VERIFIED FIRSTHAND BY THE REPORTER, OR REPORTED AND VERIFIED OM KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURC.CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC MAY LOOSEN L ON GAY MEN. WHERE DO THAT LEAVE TRANSGENR DONORS?MEMBERS OF VICTORIA’S TRANS MUNY ARE ADVOTG FOR THE ELIMATN OF ‘DISCRIMATORY’ AND ‘FEAR-BASED’ BLOOD DONATN POLICIBY PHILIP MCLACHLANNOVEMBER 16, 2021HEALTHNEWSBASED ON FACTS EHER OBSERVED AND VERIFIED FIRSTHAND BY THE REPORTER, OR REPORTED AND VERIFIED OM KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURC.CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC MAY LOOSEN L ON GAY MEN. WHERE DO THAT LEAVE TRANSGENR DONORS?MEMBERS OF VICTORIA’S TRANS MUNY ARE ADVOTG FOR THE ELIMATN OF ‘DISCRIMATORY’ AND ‘FEAR-BASED’ BLOOD DONATN POLICIBY PHILIP MCLACHLANNOV 16, 2021JACK EDWARDS, A TRANS MAN, SAYS HE WANTS CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC TO CHANGE S POLICI AROUND TRANS DONORS. PHOTO: PHILIP MCLACHLAN / CAPAL DAILYCAPAL DAILY IS PART OF THE TST PROJECTLATTCOVIDTRANSPORTATNBSHOGGOOD NEWSJACK EDWARDS, A TRANS MAN, SAYS HE WANTS CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC TO CHANGE S POLICI AROUND TRANS DONORS. PHOTO: PHILIP MCLACHLAN / CAPAL DAILYCAPAL DAILY IS PART OF THE TST PROJECTGET THE NEWS AND EVENTS VICTORIA, YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG.I NSENT TO RECEIVG EMAILS OM THE CAPAL DAILY. I UNRSTAND I N UNSUBSCRIBE AT ANY TIME.THANK YOU! YOUR SUBMISSN HAS BEEN RECEIVED!OOPS! SOMETHG WENT WRONG WHILE SUBMTG THE FORM.LATT NEWSSATAN WANTS YOU DIRECTORS ON THE NSPIRACY THAT SHOOK VICTORIA—AND THE WORLDDES OF SERVICE NUU-CHAH-NULTH WATERS FOR WHAT ULD BE ‘THE LAST WOON EIGHTER ON THE AST’VICTORIA HARBOURCATS REACH LEAGUE FALS AFTER RERD-SETTG SEASONDRAGON BOAT FTIVAL RETURNS TO VICTORIA THIS WEEKENDHEALTHNEWSBASED ON FACTS EHER OBSERVED AND VERIFIED FIRSTHAND BY THE REPORTER, OR REPORTED AND VERIFIED OM KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURC.CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC MAY LOOSEN L ON GAY MEN. WHERE DO THAT LEAVE TRANSGENR DONORS?
• HEALTH CANADA ENDS BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN
• UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS
• GAY BLOOD DONATN BAN IS INEFFECTIVE, HEALTH CANADA DOCUMENTS SHOW

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

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. (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.

CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

"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.

"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.

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.

(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. ” Photo: Philip McLachlan / Capal Daily‘Ineffective’ and ‘unnecsary’The Canadian Prs first reported on Tuday morng that Canadian Blood Servic is askg Health Canada for permissn to change s l around gay male blood donors, toward screeng qutns based on behavur rather than sexual existg polici have a long the AIDS epimic began 1981, changed many thgs, cludg who was allowed to donate blood. ” Today, men who have sex wh men mt be abstent for three months before donatg, regardls of their sexual practic and has changed over the years—om a permanent ban for the gay and trans women muny, to a five-year ban, to a one-year, and now, fally, a three-month ban.

NEWS IN VICTORIA: IN-DEPTH REPORTING AND LONGFORM JOURNALISMEE DAILY NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBEOUR TEAMWHO ARE WEWORK WH USADVERTISESUBM NEWS TIPSNEWSLETTERHEALTHNEWSBASED ON FACTS EHER OBSERVED AND VERIFIED FIRSTHAND BY THE REPORTER, OR REPORTED AND VERIFIED OM KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURC.CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC MAY LOOSEN L ON GAY MEN. WHERE DO THAT LEAVE TRANSGENR DONORS?MEMBERS OF VICTORIA’S TRANS MUNY ARE ADVOTG FOR THE ELIMATN OF ‘DISCRIMATORY’ AND ‘FEAR-BASED’ BLOOD DONATN POLICIBY PHILIP MCLACHLANNOVEMBER 16, 2021HEALTHNEWSBASED ON FACTS EHER OBSERVED AND VERIFIED FIRSTHAND BY THE REPORTER, OR REPORTED AND VERIFIED OM KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURC.CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC MAY LOOSEN L ON GAY MEN. WHERE DO THAT LEAVE TRANSGENR DONORS?MEMBERS OF VICTORIA’S TRANS MUNY ARE ADVOTG FOR THE ELIMATN OF ‘DISCRIMATORY’ AND ‘FEAR-BASED’ BLOOD DONATN POLICIBY PHILIP MCLACHLANNOV 16, 2021JACK EDWARDS, A TRANS MAN, SAYS HE WANTS CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC TO CHANGE S POLICI AROUND TRANS DONORS. PHOTO: PHILIP MCLACHLAN / CAPAL DAILYCAPAL DAILY IS PART OF THE TST PROJECTLATTCOVIDTRANSPORTATNBSHOGGOOD NEWSJACK EDWARDS, A TRANS MAN, SAYS HE WANTS CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC TO CHANGE S POLICI AROUND TRANS DONORS. PHOTO: PHILIP MCLACHLAN / CAPAL DAILYCAPAL DAILY IS PART OF THE TST PROJECTGET THE NEWS AND EVENTS VICTORIA, YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG.I NSENT TO RECEIVG EMAILS OM THE CAPAL DAILY. I UNRSTAND I N UNSUBSCRIBE AT ANY TIME.THANK YOU! YOUR SUBMISSN HAS BEEN RECEIVED!OOPS! SOMETHG WENT WRONG WHILE SUBMTG THE FORM.LATT NEWSSATAN WANTS YOU DIRECTORS ON THE NSPIRACY THAT SHOOK VICTORIA—AND THE WORLDDES OF SERVICE NUU-CHAH-NULTH WATERS FOR WHAT ULD BE ‘THE LAST WOON EIGHTER ON THE AST’VICTORIA HARBOURCATS REACH LEAGUE FALS AFTER RERD-SETTG SEASONDRAGON BOAT FTIVAL RETURNS TO VICTORIA THIS WEEKENDHEALTHNEWSBASED ON FACTS EHER OBSERVED AND VERIFIED FIRSTHAND BY THE REPORTER, OR REPORTED AND VERIFIED OM KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURC.CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC MAY LOOSEN L ON GAY MEN. WHERE DO THAT LEAVE TRANSGENR DONORS?

‍Issu surroundg the blood donatn procs for gay and trans women are nothg new.

In the years that followed, stori surfaced discsg the need for gay men to donate blood, about dividuals slammg l for transgenr blood donatns, and others allegg CBS’s polic are “anti-trans.

This year, more discsns have taken place about the future of blood donatns for queer, gay, and trans people, and how current blood polici have left them feelg discrimated agast and years, Lawrence has advoted for members of the queer muny and has rearched extensively how the blood donatn qutnnaire and blood ban affects LGBTQ+ donors.

HEALTH CANADA ENDS BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

They also mand an admissn of harm om CBS, which they see as “an stutn that has been rponsible for perpetuatg homophobia and outdated iologi about genr. 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. 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.

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

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. 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.

GAY BLOOD DONATN BAN IS INEFFECTIVE, HEALTH CANADA DOCUMENTS SHOW

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 .

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.