Gay and Bisexual Men Are Now Allowed To Donate Blood In Most Of The U.K. : NPR

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• BLOOD DONATN: RULE CHANGE MEANS MORE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN N GIVE BLOOD
• THE GAY MEN WHO N DONATE BLOOD THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME
• BLOOD DONOR L TO BE RELAXED FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ENGLAND
• DONATN CHANGE TO ALLOW MORE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TO GIVE BLOOD
• THE UK WILL LET SOME SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN GIVE BLOOD, ENDG A NTROVERSIAL BAN
• CAN GAY MEN GIVE BLOOD THE UK? BRISH LAW ON LGBT PEOPLE GIVG BLOOD
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL
• U.K. ENDS RTRICTN ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DONATG BLOOD
• CHANNEL ISLANDS TO FOLLOW UK L ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
• UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS

BLOOD DONATN: RULE CHANGE MEANS MORE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN N GIVE BLOOD

Can gay men give blood?

THE GAY MEN WHO N DONATE BLOOD THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME

Gay and bisexual men are not tomatilly prevented om givg blood.

BLOOD DONOR L TO BE RELAXED FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ENGLAND

Image source, Getty ImagBlood donatn l for gay and bisexual men are beg relaxed across the UK, what the ernment is llg a "landmark change". "'More work to do'Campaigners have weled the relaxatn of of the sexually active men claimed the three-month le for all men who have sex wh men was "rooted ep homophobia" Spibey, founr of FreedomToDonate, said his group has been mpaigng for the rtrictns to be updated for more than six years and they "warmly wele" this announcement.

The FAIR chang mean that many more gay, bi men and other men who have sex wh men be able to donate blood more easily. Gay uple Osr and Xavier say they feel "proud" about donatg blood for the very first time the now, any male donor who'd had sex wh another man the prev three months uldn't give blood.

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.

DONATN CHANGE TO ALLOW MORE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TO GIVE BLOOD

A lifetime ban on gay men donatg was rced to a one-year abstence om sex requirement 2011. The UK will allow some sexually active gay and bisexual men to donate blood, overturng a ban that origated durg the HIV/AIDS epimic of the 1980s and has been cried as homophobic for years. Rul preventg gay and bisexual men om blood donatn were implemented many untri the wake of the AIDS crisis, wh health agenci argug that they were more likely than other people to acquire fectns through sex.

THE UK WILL LET SOME SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN GIVE BLOOD, ENDG A NTROVERSIAL BAN

But LGBTQ mpaigners and other groups have opposed the bans, warng that they perpetuate stereotyp about gay and bisexual men and ntendg that wh morn screeng methods, the risk of missg an fectn is small. The move was received posively by LGBTQ chari, but many prsed for further chang to allow more gay and bisexual men to make potentially lifavg donatns.

CAN GAY MEN GIVE BLOOD THE UK? BRISH LAW ON LGBT PEOPLE GIVG BLOOD

“This change will help ensure more gay and bi men n donate blood, and reprents an important first step towards a donatn selectn policy entirely based on an dividualised asssment of risk, ” Nancy Kelley, chief executive of the LGBTQ rights group Stonewall, said a statement. “While we wele today’s news, we know much more still needs to be done to tackle the challeng that lead to gay and bi men, along wh other groups of people cludg black Ain muni, sex workers, and trans muni, beg at higher risk of acquirg HIV and other STIs, ” she add.

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

In 2011 was scrapped favor of a one-year ferral perd which a gay or bisexual donor mt rea om sex, and 2017 that perd was rced to three months. “Such a ntrast to the attu I met mpaigng at the Department of Health many years back when someone said ‘gays n’t be tsted to tell the tth about their sex liv, ’” Michael Fabrint, a lawmaker wh the erng Conservative party, tweeted. NEW l have e to place so that more gay and bisexual men n donate blood.

Can gay men give blood the UK? 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. 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.

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.

U.K. ENDS RTRICTN ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DONATG BLOOD

Begng Monday, gay men sexually active, monogamo relatnships for at least three months n donate for the first time.

CHANNEL ISLANDS TO FOLLOW UK L ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

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

A ban on gay and bisexual blood donors has been effect sce the early 1980s when fears about HIV/AIDS were wispread. Prevly, gay and bisexual men England, Stland and Wal were not permted to donate wh three months of havg been sexually active, due to fears around the transmissn of HIV/AIDS and other fectns, spe studi showg no creased risk, as all donor sampl are tted Northern Ireland Blood Transfn Service has layed implementg the new creria until September, sayg needs more time to prepare for the December, followg a two-year-long study led by Brish blood servic and LGBTQ groups, the NHS announced would be revisg s creria effective this summer. Gay and bisexual men who had revered om vid-19 were also barred om donatg their plasma to U.

Policy remas discrimatory as is based on “membership a group … rather than engagement risky behavr, such as unprotected sex, ” read a statement on the anizatn’s sexually active gay men are barred, said, a straight man or woman “who has had unprotected sex wh multiple partners over the same time ame wh no knowledge of their personal histori remas the donor pool. 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. This change will help ensure more gay and bi men n donate blood, and reprents an important first step towards a donatn selectn policy entirely based on an dividualised asssment of risk.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

While we wele today’s news, we know much more still needs to be done to tackle the challeng that lead to gay and bi men, along wh other groups of people cludg black Ain muni, sex workers, and trans muni, beg at higher risk of acquirg HIV and other STIs. We now need to see actn on the enmic health equali that lead to the disproportnate impact of HIV on some groups cludg gay and bisexual men and people om black Ain muni. Today the Government announced le chang that will allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood the UK.

Gay and bisexual men, along wh other groups, are disproportnately impacted by HIV. What were the l for gay and bisexual men before the new chang, and how have they changed over the years?

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

This therefore clus gay and bisexual men ongog sexual relatnships wh one other person.

This means gay and bisexual men long-term relatnships will be able to give blood when that person is the only person they have had anal sex wh the three months prr to donatg. ChannelHealthPolicsblood donatnTuday 29 June 2021 at 3:43pmGovernments across the Channel Islands have stated their tentn to follow England, Stland and Wal' policy on gay men givg blood. Prevly, gay men were not allowed to give blood if they have had sex wh another man wh three months.

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