Blood donatn and gay men – The Irish Tim

Contents:

• NEW CRERIA FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE BLOOD EFFECT
• IRELAND TO EASE RTRICTNS ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY, BISEXUAL MEN
• RUL ON BLOOD DONATN FOR GAY PEOPLE
• BLOOD DONATN AND GAY MEN
• HEALTH MISTER SIMON HARRIS REVEALS GAY MEN FALLY ALLOWED TO GIVE BLOOD IRELAND
• WHAT ARE THE BLOOD DONATN L GLOBALLY FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN?
• GAY BLOOD BAN: L ON GAY MEN DONATG TO BE RELAXED FURTHER
• GAY MEN CAN NOW DONATE BLOOD NORTHERN IRELAND
• POLICY ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD CHALLENGED HIGH COURT

NEW CRERIA FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE BLOOD EFFECT

New blood donatn chang e to effect today allowg gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men to donate at an earlier stage.

HIV Ireland exprsed disappotment that the IBTS cid not to implement a remendatn to remove oral sex as a reason for ferrg gay and bisexual men, as agreed by an expert review group. Ireland's rtrictns on blood donatn by gay and bisexual men to be eased om next year.

IRELAND TO EASE RTRICTNS ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY, BISEXUAL MEN

THE IRISH BLOOD Transfn Service (IBTS) is set to rce the time that gay and bisexual men have to wa to give blood after havg sexual ntact wh other men. CHANGES TO BLOOD donatn l the North now mean that gay and bisexual men n donate blood so long as they have been a same-sex relatnship wh one partner for more than three months. SDLP Health Spokperson Cara Hunter has enuraged gay and bisexual men who are eligible to nsir donatg blood.

RUL ON BLOOD DONATN FOR GAY PEOPLE

Fianna Fáil senator Fna O’Loughl said the review will look at the impact of liftg the life ban on blood donatn by gay and bisexual men. Prr to the chang, there was a lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donatg blood. “Currently gay and bisexual men n only donate blood  Ireland if they have reaed om sexual activy for 12 months, creria that do not need to be met by heterosexual men.

BLOOD DONATN AND GAY MEN

Sir, – Wednday was World Aids day, 40 years after the HIV vis was first disvered as the etlogic e of Ireland, the lifelong ban on gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men givg blood (a ban which was first troduced untri after 1981) was lifted 2017.

HEALTH MISTER SIMON HARRIS REVEALS GAY MEN FALLY ALLOWED TO GIVE BLOOD IRELAND

In effect, this meant that gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men uld qualify as blood donors – but only after abstag om any sexual ntact for one year.

The same creria do not apply to heterosexual the UK June of this year, a new policy was implemented allowg gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men to give blood – whout any perd of abstag. It also, prumably, me om Brish men who were able to give blood unrtrictedly bee of the change the a gay cizen of this untry, I believe the current approach to blood donatn prejudicial, that an evince-based, dividualised asssment of sexual behavural patterns replace what is an outmod groupg together of muni based upon the prumptn of sexual the very real possibily of further blood shortag both now and the future, I ll upon the Government to reasss the current abstentn clse immediately.

Sir, – Brian McMahon (Letters, July 2nd) is entirely rrect his asssment of the current policy banng sexually active gay and bisexual men donatg blood now, the men are prevented om performg their civic duty 26 unti on this island, but if they travel to the other six unti, their blood donatns will be weled if they’ve been sexually abstent for the prev three gap between North and South is due to bee even wir September, when Northern Ireland will align s policy wh Bra. There is no scientific or ratnal basis for the ban on blood donatns om gay and bisexual men this need a fair, safe and robt blood donatn service, wh polici based on science and evince, not the current chaos, irratnal fear and embedd stutnal need change.

WHAT ARE THE BLOOD DONATN L GLOBALLY FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN?

In January 2017, the Irish Blood Transfn Service (IBTS) updated the donor ferral creria for gay and bisexual men donatg blood, changg om a life-long ferral ( place sce the emergence of HIV the 1980’s) to a one-year ferral.

GAY BLOOD BAN: L ON GAY MEN DONATG TO BE RELAXED FURTHER

Currently Ireland, gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men (gbMSM) mt absta om any sexual ntact (regardls of the e of ndoms and/or PrEP) for a mimum of 12 months before meetg the creria for donatg blood. In the n-up to the General Electn 2020, HIV Ireland published a HIV Manifto llg on the next Government to “End the discrimatory 12-month ferral perd on blood donatns for gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men.

GAY MEN CAN NOW DONATE BLOOD NORTHERN IRELAND

Ireland's l on gay blood donors were le wh the most current scientific evince and the practice the UKPublished: 12:59, 16 Jan 2017THE ban on gay men donatg blood has been lifted, 's been revealed.

Ireland's l on gay blood donors were le wh the most current scientific evince and the practice the UK, the Department of Health said. 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. In Ireland, as is the se a number of other untri, gay and bisexual men are prohibed om donatg blood if they have had sex wh another man the last 12 months.

POLICY ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD CHALLENGED HIGH COURT

Last month, rearchers the Uned Stat found that there was no crease HIV-transmissn through blood transfns after s lifetime ban on gay and bi donors was dropped. Gay blood ban remas place spe ronavis panmic sparkg shortag.