I'm A Gay Nurse And Was Banned From Givg Blood |

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• I'M A GAY NURSE AND WAS BANNED FROM GIVG BLOOD
• FDA EAS BLOOD DONATN BAN ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AFTER YEARS OF PROTT
• DOCTORS SAY 'S TIME TO END BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• GAY MEN STILL FACE HURDL TO DONATE BLOOD AMID NATNAL SHORTAGE

I'M A GAY NURSE AND WAS BANNED FROM GIVG BLOOD

We are the middle of Pri month and is beg reported that at least 7 of the 2020 Democratic Printial ndidat are llg for an end to the policy that bans gay and bisexual men om donatg blood the Uned Stat.

"The one-year ferral perd for male blood donors who intify as gay and bisexual has nothg to do wh science or medice and everythg to do wh outdated stigmas agast the LGBTQ muny, " a spokperson for Beto O'Rourke's mpaign told The Inpennt. He relentlsly protted to the Feral Government and was succsful changg the policy erng blood donatn by homosexual and bisexual men. ’ And she replied, ‘Bee you’re a gay male.

But wh some rearch, I found out the FDA had that policy place (permanently banng gay and bisexual mal donatg blood) sce 1983.

FDA EAS BLOOD DONATN BAN ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AFTER YEARS OF PROTT

After 2 years of fightg to get our voic heard, the FDA, as of 2015, lifted the permanent ban on gay and bisexual mal on donatg blood. NB: So, while the FDA lifted the lifetime ban, there is still a ferral perd place that match all other blood donor ferrals – meang, a gay man, even myself, would need to practice abstence for 12 months before donatg blood.

DOCTORS SAY 'S TIME TO END BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

When Blake was turned away om donatg blood for his iend Emmy (who has sickle cell anemia) bee he is gay, he cid to do somethg about .

At first thought the FDA’s policy that bans gay men om donatg blood appears to discrimate agast a small mory of cizens. Those of who have been touched by the msage are donatg blood, not jt for all of those who are Banned4Life for beg gay, but rather for the dividuals who need the blood. Our missn is to raise awarens of the FDA’s policy that permanently bans gay men om donatg blood.

Banned4Life is not only about enuragg the FDA to revise the blood donatn policy on gay men, but to enurage those who are eligible to donate blood place of those who are Banned4Life. We are an anizatn that hop to end the FDA’s current blood donor policy that bans gay men om donatg blood for life. Tell the FDA that their discrimatn of gay men om donatg blood affects ALL of .

GAY MEN STILL FACE HURDL TO DONATE BLOOD AMID NATNAL SHORTAGE

In 2013, Nurse Blake started Banned4Life to end the permanent FDA gay blood ban, which ultimately ntributed to the lifetime ban beg lifted 2015. Gay and bisexual men monogamo relatnships will no longer be forced to absta om sex to donate blood unr feral guil announced Friday, endg a vtige of the earlit days of the AIDS proposed relaxatn of rtrictns by the Food and Dg Admistratn follows years of prsure by blood banks, the Amerin Medil Associatn and LGBT rights anizatns to abandon l some experts say are outdated, homophobic and effective at keepg the natn’s blood supply new approach elimat l that target men who have sex wh men and stead foc on sexual behavrs by people, regardls of genr, that pose a higher risk of ntractg and transmtg HIV. ”Other untri cludg Canada and the Uned Kgdom have ma siar chang recent s, gay men said they were ma to feel like pariahs as they were barred om performg a wily ld act of muny service, siled om jog iends and fay givg blood after natnal disasters.