Health experts urge FDA to ax 'outdated' gay blood donor rtrictns

Contents:

• LETTG GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD COULD HELP SOLVE A MAJOR HEALTH CRISIS
• GAY MEN STILL FACE HURDL TO DONATE BLOOD AMID NATNAL SHORTAGE
• BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE
• FDA PROPOS EASG BLOOD DONATN L FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• WORKG TOGETHER FOR CHANG TO BLOOD DONOR ELIGIBILY FOR GAY AND BI MEN
• FDA EAS RTRICTNS ON GAY BLOOD DONORS AMID 'URGENT NEED'
• FDA DROPS BLOOD DONATN RTRICTNS SPECIFIC TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• BLOOD DONATN BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• HEALTH EXPERTS URGE FDA TO AX 'OUTDATED' GAY BLOOD DONOR RTRICTNS
• UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS

LETTG GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD COULD HELP SOLVE A MAJOR HEALTH CRISIS

Why nt gay people donate blood?

Straight men or women and gay women n do thgs sexually volvg the butthole. As a gay man if you want to donate blood you basilly have to practice abstence. CMV: Gay people should be allowed to give blood.

How n they discrimate and be homophobic? Apparently gay mal are at high risk of STIs, oh sure bee all gay men sleep around and are fect, but no heterosexuals are all perfect. This law will have turned down so many good, willg blood donors, but they n't help bee they're gay.

GAY MEN STILL FACE HURDL TO DONATE BLOOD AMID NATNAL SHORTAGE

The only difference between a gay man and a straight man is who they are attracted to, not their bodi, not their bra, not their speci and certaly not their blood.

BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE

Gays and straights are exactly the same blogilly and have equal health potential. Everyone is at equal risk of gettg an STI and if you aren't reful 's YOUR flt, not bee you're gay, not bee you're straight, bee you weren't ut. They die bee blood was not allowed to be given, that donor was a gay.

FDA PROPOS EASG BLOOD DONATN L FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Discrimatg bee someone homosexual is absolutely disgtg.

Change my view, gays should be allowed to give blood. Instead of gays, the way 's put across don't seem right to be but ah well!

WORKG TOGETHER FOR CHANG TO BLOOD DONOR ELIGIBILY FOR GAY AND BI MEN

LGBT is still a popular term ed to discs genr and sexual mori, but all GSRM are wele beyond lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people who nsent to participate a safe space.

FDA EAS RTRICTNS ON GAY BLOOD DONORS AMID 'URGENT NEED'

I unrstand that there is an creased risk of HIV gay men, but don't they tt your blood anyways? In 2016, 39, 782 people were diagnosed wh HIV, 67% of which were gay/bisexual men.

1 ln people, the 26, 654 gay/bisexual men who have HIV make up a mcule part of that populatn,.

FDA to ease blood donatn ban on gay men, allow monogamo to give.

FDA DROPS BLOOD DONATN RTRICTNS SPECIFIC TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

TIL that homosexuals are not allowed to donate blood Canada, the Uned Stat, Germany, and many other untri. 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.

BLOOD DONATN BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

But there is one easily implementable solutn to the natnal blood-supply shortage that’s been available for years and uld be a lifele: allowg gay and bisexual men to donate eely. S., gay and bisexual men (often referred to as MSM, or “men who have sex wh men”) are not allowed to give blood if they’ve had sex wh another man the past three months. “It is my opn that we ntue to have a real problem wh laws and regulatns based on fear rather than science, ” she ntuatn of a MSM-specific barrier to givg is not only limg the blood supply, ’s unnecsary and “rooted homophobia, ” explas Perry N.

”In 2015, theFDA loosened s rtrictn, permtg gay and bisexual men to donate blood as long as they hadn’t had sex wh another man the past year. For example, if you’re a gay man who wears ndoms durg sex, you lim your risk of ntractg HIV.

Same go for gay men who are married or a long-term monogamo relatnship.

HEALTH EXPERTS URGE FDA TO AX 'OUTDATED' GAY BLOOD DONOR RTRICTNS

Conducted tanm wh the natn’s largt blood centers—the Amerin Red Cross, Valant, and OneBlood—the rearch effort will survey 2, 000 gay and bisexual men across the untry between the ag of 18 and 30 who have had sex wh at least one man the past three months. ”The policy change uld have a signifint posive effect on the mental health of gay and bisexual men, too.

It also puts gay and bisexual men at higher risk for acquirg HIV over time. “Social and stctural factors that e gay men to feel othered e them to engage risky sexual behavr, ” Halkis says.

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

So a ban like this isn’t jt harmful to the Amerin public; “’s credibly harmful to the gay muny, both emotnally and physilly. The first step is to sign GLAAD’s petn at You then n—and should—te those around you, “sce many people, cludg gay and bi men, don’t know that this ban exists, ” adds Lasky. Let them know you don’t support discrimatory practic that ban gay and bisexual men om dog their civic duty.