U.K. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.K. ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state.”
Contents:
- BAN ON GAY MEN GIVG BLOOD TO BE LIFTED
- FDA DROPS BLOOD DONATN RTRICTNS SPECIFIC TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- BAN ON GAY BLOOD DONORS MAY END
- THE “GAY BLOOD BAN” ISN’T OVER
- GAY MEN NOW ABLE TO DONATE BLOOD UTAH AFTER S-LONG BAN
- UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS
- THE BIGOTRY OF GAY-BLOOD-DONATN BANS
- BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE
- LETTG GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD COULD HELP SOLVE A MAJOR HEALTH CRISIS
- CANADA TO LIFT BLOOD DONATN BAN ON SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN
- FDA LIFTS DISCRIMATORY BLOOD DONATN BAN FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
BAN ON GAY MEN GIVG BLOOD TO BE LIFTED
The ban on blood donatn by gay men was put place the 1980s as a rponse to the spread of Aids and HIV * blood ban on gay *
Gay men will be able to give blood when ernment rtrictns are lifted later this year, the Department of Health has said. A lifetime ban on blood donatn by men who have had sex wh another man was put place the UK the 1980s as a rponse to the spread of Aids and followg a review by the Advisory Commtee on the Safety of Blood, Tissu and Organs (Sabto), men who have not had homosexual sex wh the past year will be able to donate if they meet certa other remendatn has been accepted by the health misters England, Stland and Wal, and the ban will be lifted on 7 who have had anal or oral sex wh another man the past 12 months, wh or whout a ndom, will still not be eligible to donate blood, the DoH 's advisory panel, prisg leadg experts and patient groups, rried out s review based on the latt available evince and found uld no longer support the permanent excln of men who have had sex wh nsired the risk of fectn beg transmted blood, attus of potential donors plyg wh the selectn creria and improvements ttg of donated change means the creria for men who have had sex wh men will be le wh other groups who are ferred om givg blood for 12 months due to fectn risks associated wh sexual clu women who have slept wh a man who has had sex wh another man, people who have slept wh prostut and those who have had sex wh anyone who has jected themselv wh dgs.
FDA DROPS BLOOD DONATN RTRICTNS SPECIFIC TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
The Food and Dg Admistratn has dropped all rtrictns specific to gay and bisexual men donatg blood. * blood ban on gay *
Current guil say people n never give blood if they have had syphilis, HTLV (Human T-lymphotropic vis) or hepatis B or C, and a lifetime ban is also place for people who have ever worked as a prostute or jected themselv wh announcement was weled by the human rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell, but he said fell short of liftg the ban on gay men who always ed said: "Although the new policy is a big improvement on the existg discrimatory l, a 12-month ban is still excsive and unjtified.
"The activist, who lnched the first mpaign agast the lifetime ban on gay and bisexual blood donors 1991, add: "Most gay and bisexual men do not have HIV and will never have HIV. The Food and Dg Admistratn has dropped all rtrictns specific to gay and bisexual men donatg blood, a move long anticipated by public health experts and gay rights new guidance, first proposed January and falized Thursday, will not rtrict donatns based on someone's sexual orientatn or genr inty, and stead move towards an "dividual risk-based" approach to rce the risk of accintal HIV fectn through the blood donatn FDA origally banned donatns om gay and bisexual men the midst of the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis. For example, the HIV epimic has spread far beyond gay and bisexual men, wh women acuntg for roughly 1 5 new HIV diagnos the Uned Stat, acrdg to the most recent CDC data available.
BAN ON GAY BLOOD DONORS MAY END
The agency n't qu blanket bans that target gay and bisexual men. * blood ban on gay *
Peter Ch-Hong, an fect disease specialist at the Universy of California, San 2015, the FDA relaxed an outright ban on donatns om gay and bisexual men, but the 2015 guidance asked men to absta om sex for at least one year before Thursday's falized guidance, every prospective donor will be asked about their sexual history wh the past three months -- regardls of their sexual orientatn. ""The FDA's cisn to follow science and issue new remendatns for all Amerins, regardls of sexual orientatn, who selflsly donate blood to help save liv, signals the begng of the end of a dark and discrimatory past rooted fear and homophobia, " Sarah Kate Ellis, the print and CEO of GLAAD, said a statement, however, took issue wh one part of the updated remendatn, which urg ferral for anyone takg HIV meditns -- cludg people who are HIV negative who are takg meditns lled PrEP to prevent ferral perd uld ntue to erect barriers to LGBTQ blood donors, she said.
14, 2000 -- A feral panel is nsirg overturng a ban on blood bank donatns by gay men — a le implemented 15 years ago out of fear of 1985 ban clar that any man who has had sex wh another man even once sce 1977 nnot give blood.
Unr the current le, a heterosexual woman who has had sex wh numero AIDS-fected partners n give blood after wag a year, but a gay man who’s been celibate sce 1978 is banned. Gay activists say that’s discrimatn.
THE “GAY BLOOD BAN” ISN’T OVER
Gay men who were once unable to donate blood were able to participate blood driv for the very first time. * blood ban on gay *
“The existg policy is archaic and discrimatory bee falsely assum that all gay men are HIV-posive regardls of their sexual behavr. At the same time, allows heterosexuals to donate blood even if they have participated risky sexual or dg-e behavr, ” says Mart Algaze, spokman for Gay Men’s Health of the blood supply is the first prry, agre Doni Gewirtzman of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, a legal-aid anizatn for gay people and people wh AIDS. He suggts the current rtrictns may be too tight on gays and too loose on promiscuo heterosexuals.
GAY MEN NOW ABLE TO DONATE BLOOD UTAH AFTER S-LONG BAN
Geni Pictur has optned Emmett Monterey’s memoir about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London for TV adaptatn. * blood ban on gay *
It’s about specific sexual behavr, not about sexual orientatn, ” says Tom Duane, a Democratic New York state senator who is both openly gay and bank officials say AIDS-tectn technology has vastly improved sce the 1980s.
She don’t want the ban on donatns om gay men lifted.
UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS
For the first time, the Bin admistratn is mentg on the Food and Dg Admistratn’s long-time blood donatn guil impactg gay men. * blood ban on gay *
It’s not jt gay men, but ’s also people who have ed IV dgs, and prostut” who are unr lifelong bans, she blood banks say they need the extra blood.
“Unls there is an immediate and dramatic donatn crease, the rced shipments will ntue or grow worse, ” he said a WaThe FDA is most likely to shift to a policy unr which a gay man mt have abstaed om homosexual sex for five years before donatg blood, Ksler agency is beg nservative bee ’s worried about blood bankg errors — uns of fected blood that slip through the cracks bee of human error at blood banks.
THE BIGOTRY OF GAY-BLOOD-DONATN BANS
Gay and bisexual men face a time-based ban on givg blood. But fairer practic uld help save over a ln people a year whout the risk of spreadg HIV. * blood ban on gay *
“Most gay men want to do their duty and be able to give blood, ” says year, the Blood Centers of the Pacific San Francis llected 100, 000 uns of blood.
BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE
U.K. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.K. ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state.” * blood ban on gay *
The “Gay Blood Ban” Isn’t Over. The updated remendatns have been herald the news and by advot alike as an end to the so-lled “gay blood ban.
Now, only HIV-negative gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men who do not e PrEP and who are abstent om anal sex for at least three months, or are a sexually monogamo relatnship (or believe themselv to be), are able to donate blood. —but PrEP is overwhelmgly ed by men, most of whom are gay or bisexual.
LETTG GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD COULD HELP SOLVE A MAJOR HEALTH CRISIS
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The FDA’s new l not only muddle the msage of this val effort, but they mean the policy is not an end to the “gay blood ban” at all, bee so many such men are still exclud—men who, aga, are takg a proactive step to protect their health. It’s unclear exactly how many people take PrEP, but Centers for Disease Control and Preventn data suggts at least 35 percent of gay and bisexual men nsired at “high risk” of HIV do—a cisn health thori endorse. The agency now ns the risk of stg a shadow on PrEP e and ntug to stigmatize gay and bisexual men—a damagg mistake that this long-awaed change policy was meant to rrect.
Close this ntentKSTUKSTUJuly 19, 2023 at 8:17 AMGay men who were once unable to donate blood were able to participate blood driv for the very first time. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told MP.
CANADA TO LIFT BLOOD DONATN BAN ON SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN
When Alex me out as gay, the 15-year-old's parents issued a stark ultimatum: unrgo nversn therapy or clear out of the fay home the northern English cy of Wakefield. * blood ban on gay *
Promisg the ernment would implement the “vast majory” of Etherton’s remendatns, Wallace said he would fully update the Commons a formal bate about the issue after the about pensatn, Wallace said he hoped to fd “an elegant solutn that match the need and the requirements of those dividuals”, promisg to set this out after Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, was among mpaigners who weled the apology.
Starmer said one of his nstuents, Ken Wright, a former RAF service member who was “forced to leave the job he loved simply bee he was gay”, was the public gallery to hear the apology.
Geni Pictur (“Mrs Lowry & Son, ” “Good Luck To You, Leo Gran”) has optned Emmett Monterey’s acclaimed memoir “Go the Way Your Blood Beats” – about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London – for TV adaptatn.
FDA LIFTS DISCRIMATORY BLOOD DONATN BAN FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
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