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• CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC NOW ALLOWS SOME GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE PLASMA CALGARY, LONDON, ONT.
• CANADA TO LIFT BLOOD DONATN BAN ON SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN
• US FDA RELAX BLOOD DONATN L FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• HEALTH CANADA ENDS BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN
• CALLS GROW FOR T TO END BAN ON GAY BLOOD DONORS
• CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC TO END GAY 'BLOOD BAN,' BRG BEHAVUR-BASED SCREENG
• END THE BAN ON DONATG BLOOD FOR GAY MEN CANADAEND THE BAN ON DONATG BLOOD FOR GAY MEN CANADA
• F.D.A. CONSIRG NEW APPROACH TO BLOOD DONATN BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL
• FERAL JUDGE REJECTS HEALTH CANADA'S CLAIM HAS NO ROLE BARRG GAY MEN OM DONATG BLOOD
• LGBTQ ACTIVISTS HOPE OFFICIALS LET GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD AMID COVID-19 NCELLATNS
• GAY MAN FIGHTS 'DISCRIMATORY' POLICY THAT BANS HIM OM DONATG BLOOD. OTTAWA TRI TO BLOCK
• CANADA REMOV BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN
• UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS

CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

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.

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.

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. "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.

CANADA TO LIFT BLOOD DONATN BAN ON SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN

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.

In orr to gather data related to the possibily of g an dividual risk asssment behavr-based health history qutnnaire the U.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.

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. Christopher Karas, who filed a human rights plat agast Health Canada to remove the ferral, says the policy still stigmatiz gay, bisexual men, and some transgenr people. Christopher Karas, a gay man who filed a human rights plat agast Health Canada, says the new policy still stigmatiz gay and bisexual men.

US FDA RELAX BLOOD DONATN L FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

(Evan Msui/CBC)"But I know that a lot of gay, bi men and trans people will still be barred by this policy, so I thk 's a b unfortunate that the ernment has cid this is the approach they want to take, " said Karas. "What they're sayg is that gay and bi men and transgenr [people]... Prevly, the feral ernment has tried to block Karas's urt challenge that argu Health Canada is discrimatg agast gay men by overseeg a ban that prevents men who have sex wh other men om donatg blood.

ListenThere's no reason for Canada to ntue banng gay men om donatg blood, says journalistPEERS Alliance says end to ban on gay blood donatn has been 'a long time g'When prsed by reporters on whether Health Canada played a plic role the discrimatory policy, T said scientific evince was need and didn't exist. Liberals say they will act ‘quickly’ to end blood donatn ban on gay, bisexual men. Canada’s blood donatn ban to end for gay and bisexual men.

A look at Canada’s ban on blood donatn om gay men and what’s next. Canada electn: T says Liberals workg to end blood donatn rtrictns for gay men.

HEALTH CANADA ENDS BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

“It still shocks me 2022 that as a gay male, I actually n’t donate blood. “HIV is not a gay disease, we know that, ” he said. “To remove this part that was discrimatory towards men who have sex wh men, gay men and bisexuals, ’s a step the right directn for the LGBTQ2S+ people this untry.

CALLS GROW FOR T TO END BAN ON GAY BLOOD DONORS

Image source, Getty ImagThe US Food and Dg Admistratn has eased s rtrictns barrg gay and bisexual men om givg agency, 2015, dropped a lifetime ban on donatns om men who have sex wh men, but s donatn guil have been cricised for FDA's latt policy evaluat all prospective donors by the same set of creria while screeng for recent, higher-risk sexual update tak s cue om the UK and untri moved, 2021 and 2022 rpectively, to allow donatns om men who have had sex wh other men the past three the le change only appli to those who have had the same sexual partner durg the perd. "Gay rights advot also weled the move, wh the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) sayg the policy "ends a s-old ban rooted discrimatn and bias" Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) said "signals the begng of the end of a dark and discrimatory past rooted fear and homophobia", but also had a word of utn.

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.

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC TO END GAY 'BLOOD BAN,' BRG BEHAVUR-BASED SCREENG

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.

END THE BAN ON DONATG BLOOD FOR GAY MEN CANADAEND THE BAN ON DONATG BLOOD FOR GAY MEN CANADA

“We fely wele today's cisn by Health Canada to thorize Canadian Blood Servic to end their discrimatory blood and plasma donatn ban targetg Two-Spir, gay, bisexual, and queer men, trans women, and other men who have sex wh men. Ontar MP Eric Dunn, the first openly gay man to be elected as a Conservative, said “discrimatn like this should not take this long to rolve. Currently Canada, is illegal for any gay man who has had a sexual enunter wh another man the last 5 years to donate blood.

Begng at the height of the HIV/Aids crisis 1977, the stutnal ban on gay men donatg blood Canada was created.

Sce 2013, that ferral perd has changed to 5 years which simply put means that no gay man Canada n donate blood if they have had a sexual enunter wh another man the past 5 years.

F.D.A. CONSIRG NEW APPROACH TO BLOOD DONATN BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Not only is the Canadian ernment cuttg off possible donors om donatg blood but they are also perpetuatg a homophobic heteronormative culture which queer people are nsired "ls than" and "othered" wh society. 2, 2022The Food and Dg Admistratn is nsirg a more dividualized strategy for screeng gay and bisexual men for blood donatn amid an ongog natnal blood shortage, acrdg to an agency official briefed on the F.

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 new plan would require potential donors to fill out a qutnnaire about recent sexual activy, among other risk factors. ”The new approach is meant to strike a balance between activists who want no rtrictns that sgle out gay and bisexual men and blood banks that want to elimate the risk of a recipient acquirg H. -fund study signed to asss the safety of replacg the current three-month wag perd wh a more dividualized rearchers, who enrolled about 1, 600 gay and bisexual men eight metropolan areas, are hopg to intify a set of screeng qutns that n differentiate men who are more likely to have recently acquired H.

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

Consirs Shift In Blood Donor Policy For Gay or 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.

FERAL JUDGE REJECTS HEALTH CANADA'S CLAIM HAS NO ROLE BARRG GAY MEN OM DONATG BLOOD

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.

LGBTQ ACTIVISTS HOPE OFFICIALS LET GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD AMID COVID-19 NCELLATNS

S, the abily for gay and bisexual men to donate blood is still rtricted.

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

A ban on gay and bisexual blood donors has been effect sce the early 1980s when fears about HIV/AIDS were wispread.

Can gay men give blood? Gay and bisexual men are not tomatilly prevented om givg blood. Gay man fights 'discrimatory' policy that bans him om donatg blood.

CANADA REMOV BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

Ottawa tri to block Blood-donatn ferral perd drops to 3 months for gay, bisexual menKaras and his lawyers, Gregory Ko and Shakir Rahim, argue that while Health Canada do not directly take blood donatns, grants regulatory approval to screeng by Canadian Blood Canada disagreed, argug  has never issued a directive requirg that Canadian Blood Servic adopt the ban. The partment says only reviews the blood service's polici and procr for safety reasons and has no legal thory to direct the arm's-length agency to do feral ernment went to urt to block a human rights plat accg of backg the Canadian Blood Servic policy on donatns om gay and bisexual men. "When we see notic about blood shortag and the urgent need for donatn, 's very tratg to be a posn where you n't donate even though you would be an eligible match, " said Costcu, a sexual health specialist and associate profsor at McMaster anizatn won't allow gay and bisexual men like Costcu to donate blood if they are sexually active unr s current guil — spe seeg people ncel appotments amid lls for social distancg to avoid spreadg the l state that men n't have sex wh other men for three months before beg allowed to give blood bee the anizatn believ the hort is a high-risk group, as they acunt for the largt proportn of new HIV fectns reported Dt Costcu, a sexual health specialist and associate profsor at McMaster Universy Haton, who is gay, said Canadian Blood Servic should look to gay and bisexual men as donors.

(McMaster Universy)Gay and bisexual men have faced rtrictns sce the tated blood sndal of the 1980s, when thoands of Canadians were fected wh HIV or hepatis C om donated blood.

That approach screens out gay men who have unprotected sex wh multiple partners, as opposed to those who are monogamo ferral perd drops to 3 months for gay, bisexual menOpnThis is not your father's gay blood ban era. Costcu also said now is the time to donate bee all the ncellatns and closur have eed up time to give blood, pecially before Canada se a spike s that aren't travel-related — but the polici preventg gay and bisexual men to donate are workg agast that. "To ny that life-givg opportuny to gay and bi-sexual men who have the same ways of wantg to be a part of the muny as anyone else would is so offensive.

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

"Costcu, and many others cludg Pike, say CBS' rearch isn't rooted science, but homophobic stereotyp. They don't thk there's any reason to le out all gay and bi men, pecially if they practice safe sex, don't have sex often or are a monogamo relatnship. A gay man  Ontar will be urt later this month argug that Health Canada discrimat agast him by overseeg the ban preventg men who recently have had sex wh other men om donatg feral ernment has been tryg to block that challenge, argug has no power to change Canadian Blood Servic' donor creria.

"Blood-donatn ferral perd drops to 3 months for gay, bisexual menLGBT activist's plat over wa perd for blood donatn referred to human rights tribunal"To have erroneo polici that are archaic and discrimatory like this, barrg donors and disuragg donors om donatg and creatg stigma, is an appropriate way for our blood system to operate, " he said. "Health Canada is timately volved implementg, certaly approvg, this blood ban that is imposed on gay folks, " Ko said. "It is not pla and obv at the prelimary stage that the rponnt is not a party to the alleged discrimatn, " said the human rights renews ph to get T ernment to end 'homophobic' blood donor policyGay activist fil feral human rights plat over blood-donatn wa perdNow, the Attorney General of Canada, on behalf of Health Canada, is tryg to stop that quiry and is seekg a judicial review of the Canadian Human Rights Commissn's cisn at the Feral Court urt documents filed earlier this year, the ernment repeated s claim that Health Canada did not discrimate agast Karas and also acced the Canadian Human Rights Commissn of pursug an unfair vtigatn.