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

Contents:

• WHICH UNTRI PROHIB GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN OM DONATG BLOOD?
• BRAZILIAN URT LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN GIVG BLOOD
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL
• DPE BLOOD SUPPLI CRILLY LOW, SOME GAY MEN STILL CANNOT DONATE PLASMA
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
• WHY SOME UNTRI STILL BAN GAY MEN OM GIVG BLOOD
• LGBTQ ACTIVISTS HOPE OFFICIALS LET GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD AMID COVID-19 NCELLATNS
• MOTHER REVEALED THE GAY BLOOD COLLECTN WH REAL BLOOD FOR NYFW

WHICH UNTRI PROHIB GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN OM DONATG BLOOD?

It scribed how the disease attacks the immune system and listed the groups most at risk, cludg gay men who had several sexual partners and traveno dg ers. But on June 14th Bra swched to an dividual risk-asssment system for all as scientists have learned more about HIV/AIDS— is transmted via bodily fluids and n afflict people of any sexualy—many untri have remaed ut about blood donatn by gay and bisexual men.

Brazil’s supreme urt has overturned l that lim gay and bisexual men om donatg blood a cisn nsired a human rights victory for LGBT+ people the move me as more natns review rtrictns on blood donatns imposed durg the 1980s HIV/Aids crisis, wh some untri applyg blanket bans, some have wag perds after gay sex, and others – like Italy – havg no almost four years urt, seven of 11 supreme urt jtic voted on Friday favour of overthrowg guil that barred men who had sex wh other men om givg blood for 12 months, endg any wag urt said the ban was unnstutnal as imposed rtrictns on gay and bisexual men, backg the supreme urt mister, Edson Fach, who argued this offend the basic human digny of gay and bisexual men.

“Instead of the state enablg the people to promote good by donatg blood, unduly rtricts solidary based on prejudice and discrimatn, ” wrote Fach his cisn after several natns relaxed l on blood donatns recent weeks as suppli me unr mountg prsure due to the ronavis Uned Stat, Denmark and Northern Ireland have all changed the l so that men n give blood three months after their latt gay sexual enunter rather than wa a full year, a policy that LGBT+ mpaigners have long cried as untri troduced blood donatn ntrols followg the HIV/Aids epimic the 1980s, when fected blood, donated by dg ers and prisoners, ntamated the issue has creasgly bee a totem of ntued stigma agast LGBT+ people, wh mpaigners sayg dividual asssments of sexual history and risk for all potential blood donors would be safer and Brazil. 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.

BRAZILIAN URT LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN GIVG 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.

A ban on gay and bisexual blood donors has been effect sce the early 1980s when fears about HIV/AIDS were wispread. Dpe Blood Suppli Crilly Low, Some Gay Men Still Cannot Donate Plasma Men who've had COVID-19 and have sex wh other men mt wa three months before donatg potentially life-savg plasma. The lifetime ban was shortened to a year of celibacy 2015 and then rced to three months last April, which is still a problem acrdg to California State Senator Stt WIENER: The FDA's blood donatn ban is 100% driven by fear, ignorance and outdated stereotyp about gay and bisexual men.

The Orlando massacre has aga raised the qutn of whether is ethil or sensible to rtrict gay and bisexual men om donatg blood. At this time, Atralian stat and terrori also put place legislatn that ma a crimal offence not to disclose to the blood bank a history of male homosexual ntact or jectg dg e. It allowed ernments to monstrate they were takg actn rponse to wispread public fears about HIV, much of which were directed toward gay men.

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

By 2000, Atralian blood donatn regulatns had been changed to allow for donatns by men who had not engaged homosexual sex for 12 months, generally referred to as a ferral perd. In 2012, a study missned by the Atralian Red Cross nclud that, as the vast majory of blood donors are pliant wh safety regulatns, there would be mimal risks associated wh rcg the ferral perd for homosexually active men to six months.

But the unter argument is that placg rtrictns on male-to-male sex reflects discrimatory and misguid attus toward gay and bisexual men – posng them as herently irrponsible and risky. A gay man who has been havg safe sex, cludg wh a monogamo relatnship, is not necsarily at higher risk of acquirg HIV than a woman who has had multiple sexual partners and possibly unsafe sex. It is this lack of tst that reveals the subtle (and not so subtle) ways which homophobia and discrimatn plays out.

The TGA’s unwillgns to rce the ferral perd may be due to ncerns that rcg rtrictns on blood donatn by gay and bisexual men uld unrme public nfince the safety of the blood supply. It is on the grounds that gay advocy anisatns have been cricised for llg out blood donatn bans as discrimatory.

DPE BLOOD SUPPLI CRILLY LOW, SOME GAY MEN STILL CANNOT DONATE PLASMA

But is discrimatory to the extent that rtrictg men who have sex wh men om donatg blood reflects and rerc the perspective that gay and bisexual men are unreliable and require strict laws to regulate their actns – laws that are not applied to other groups. The tragic irony, the the wake of the Orlando massacre, is that many people directly affected by this homophobic hate crime are prevented om offerg help due to regulatns that are place, large part, due to homophobia. I have heard that some other untri allow gay or bisexual men to donate blood based on different creria than the Uned Stat.

But what began as an emergency measure soon beme a eply rooted is te that gay men are at higher risk than the general populatn of ntractg a blood-borne vis or fectn, there is now no scientific jtifitn for a blanket ban on blood donatns.

A UCLA study om 2014 timat that liftg the rtrictns on blood donatns for sexually active gay men Ameri would crease the untry’s blood supply by 2-4%. "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.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH

(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.

WHY SOME UNTRI STILL BAN GAY MEN OM GIVG BLOOD

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. Creative pany Mother lnched s Gay Blood Collectn at the start of NYFW– a llectn created wh the blood of gay men. In rponse to this toxic unrbelly, Mother lnched The Gay Blood Collectn on Friday, wh hop that “wh the tools, others n help make some bloody noise on this issue – whether ’s shirts, murals or prott signs to fight back agast the FDA’s homophobic polici.

Mother has been fightg for this e sce 2018 when lnched s “Blood is Blood” iative, wh screen-prted T-shirts, g k ma om the blood of gay men — cludg some of their employe. All ems om The Gay Blood llectn n be purchased separately wh 100 percent of proceeds gog to Callen-Lor, a New York-based lear LGBTQ+ healthre.

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