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• CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC NOW ALLOWS SOME GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE PLASMA CALGARY, LONDON, ONT.
• CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• CANADA TO LIFT BLOOD DONATN BAN ON SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN
• LETTG GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD COULD HELP SOLVE A MAJOR HEALTH CRISIS
• HEALTH CANADA ENDS BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN
• CANADA LIFTS BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD; MT BE ABSTENT FOR 5 YEARS
• CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC EXPANDS ELIGIBILY FOR SOME GAY MEN TO DONATE PLASMA AT CERTA CLICS
• BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• WHAT ARE THE BLOOD DONATN L GLOBALLY FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN?
• LGBTQ ACTIVISTS HOPE OFFICIALS LET GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD AMID COVID-19 NCELLATNS
• GAY MEN N NOW DONATE BLOOD CANADA, AS LONG AS THEY ABSTA OM SEX
• BLOOD DONATN BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC TO SOON REMEND END TO BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• GAY MEN NOW ABLE TO DONATE BLOOD UTAH AFTER S-LONG BAN
• GAY, BISEXUAL MEN UTAH N GIVE BLOOD UNR PANY’S LOOSENED RTRICTNS

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC NOW ALLOWS SOME GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE PLASMA CALGARY, LONDON, ONT.

LondonCanadian Blood Servic is takg the first steps to allowg gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men — which lls the gbMSM muny — to donate blood plasma, startg the tt ci of Calgary and London, agency's prev policy has been lled discrimatory, cludg by men who have sex wh menBlood plasma is the straw-loured liquid ponent left when blood cells are removed om whole blood. Canadian Blood Servic is ttg out s plasma donatn eligibily, London, Ont., and Calgary, for gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men.

CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

(Hiep Vu via Canadian Blood Servic)Canadian Blood Servic is takg the first steps to allowg gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men — which lls the gbMSM muny — to donate blood plasma, which is startg two tt ci: Calgary, Alta., and London, marks the first time the agency is openg donatns to gay and bisexual men. My blood is a rare type and ed to donate regularly before gay men were banned. "Plasma donated by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men London and Calgary will be ma to plasma prote products when the donor at least 60 days later wh a plasma donatn that tts negative for fect diseas.

CANADA TO LIFT BLOOD DONATN BAN ON SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN

It is ed a variety of treatments for rare, life-threateng, chronic and geic years, Canadian Blood Servic has e unr fire for not allowg men who have sex wh men to donate blood, a practice many ll homophobic.

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

The agency did not say when would expand the current plasma donatn abily to other centr beyond Calgary and ferral perd drops to 3 months for gay, bisexual men"We unrstand that beg turned away om donatg n leave any donor wh a sense of tratn and disappotment, " the agency said. "We also regnize that the slow pace of chang to donor creria that still exclu many gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men has been paful and tratg for many, and we are workg to create a more clive system.

OTTAWA (AP) — Health Canada on Thursday lifted rtrictns on gay men donatg blood, a move Prime Mister Jt T said was “good news for all Canadians” but had taken too long. Health Canada approved the requt by Canadian Blood Servic to end the policy that rtricts homosexuals om donatg blood for three months after engagg gay sex.

The policy began 1992 as an outright ban on gay men donatg blood followg a tated blood sndal.

HEALTH CANADA ENDS BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

Several chang were later ma to the blood donatn regime until ferral perds for donatns by gay men were lowered om a lifetime ban to three months 2019. Calgary paramedic 'elated' as Canada ends blood ban for men who have sex wh menBlood service remends endg ban on gay men donatg bloodInstead of beg asked about genr or sexualy, potential donors will be screened on higher-risk sexual behavur, such as anal sex. Christopher Karas, who filed a human rights plat agast Health Canada to remove the ferral, says the policy still stigmatiz gay, bisexual men, and some transgenr people.

Christopher Karas, a gay man who filed a human rights plat agast Health Canada, says the new policy still stigmatiz gay and bisexual men.

(Evan Msui/CBC)"But I know that a lot of gay, bi men and trans people will still be barred by this policy, so I thk 's a b unfortunate that the ernment has cid this is the approach they want to take, " said Karas.

CANADA LIFTS BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD; MT BE ABSTENT FOR 5 YEARS

Prevly, the feral ernment has tried to block Karas's urt challenge that argu Health Canada is discrimatg agast gay men by overseeg a ban that prevents men who have sex wh other men om donatg blood.

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC EXPANDS ELIGIBILY FOR SOME GAY MEN TO DONATE PLASMA AT CERTA CLICS

ListenThere's no reason for Canada to ntue banng gay men om donatg blood, says journalistPEERS Alliance says end to ban on gay blood donatn has been 'a long time g'When prsed by reporters on whether Health Canada played a plic role the discrimatory policy, T said scientific evince was need and didn't exist.

Liberals say they will act ‘quickly’ to end blood donatn ban on gay, bisexual men. Canada electn: T says Liberals workg to end blood donatn rtrictns for gay men. “It still shocks me 2022 that as a gay male, I actually n’t donate blood.

“To remove this part that was discrimatory towards men who have sex wh men, gay men and bisexuals, ’s a step the right directn for the LGBTQ2S+ people this untry.

BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

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.

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

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

LGBTQ ACTIVISTS HOPE OFFICIALS LET GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD AMID COVID-19 NCELLATNS

“Social and stctural factors that e gay men to feel othered e them to engage risky sexual behavr, ” Halkis says.

GAY MEN N NOW DONATE BLOOD CANADA, AS LONG AS THEY ABSTA OM SEX

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.

BLOOD DONATN BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Let them know you don’t support discrimatory practic that ban gay and bisexual men om dog their civic duty.

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. Canadian Blood Servic has today remend that Canada end the ban on gay men donatg blood, a submissn to Health McIntosh/The Canadian PrsThe feral ernment will no longer tomatilly ban sexually active gay and bisexual men om donatg blood to Canadian Blood Servic, endg a policy that has long been cricized as discrimatory and lackg scientific Canada announced the cisn Thursday, years after Prime Mister Jt T promised to elimate the ban. Prr to Thursday’s announcement, Canada blocked gay and bisexual men, as well as other men who have sex wh men, om donatg blood unls three months had passed sce their last sexual ntact wh men.

Opn: Canada should have scrapped s homophobic ban on blood donatns om gay men long agoBlood service remends Health Canada end gay blood donatn banCanadian Blood Servic spokperson Cathere Lewis said the new procs is ground science. In 2013, Health Canada said gay men uld donate blood, so long as they had not had sex wh other men the prr five Liberal Party promised to end the ban durg the 2015 electn mpaign that brought the T ernment to power.

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC TO SOON REMEND END TO BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

TORONTO -- Canada is liftg a nearly 30-year-old ban on gay men givg blood, though for the time beg only those who are abstent will be allowed to donate. But agency executive Dana Deve said this is the first step what Canadian Blood Servic hop will be a ntued effort to work out what is the bt approach to rporatg gay men to the donatn muny.

GAY MEN NOW ABLE TO DONATE BLOOD UTAH AFTER S-LONG BAN

The lifetime ban agast donatns by gay men was stuted the mid 1980s by the Red Cross, which was then rponsible for the blood supply system. "I thk is a step the right directn regardg non-discrimatn and stigmatizatn of gay men, " Waberg said via an email.

Deve said this step will help the blood agenci gather safety data that may later be ed to open up blood donatn to more gay men. Crics of the policy have argued that gay men who are long-term monogamo relatnships should be allowed to give blood if they wish. The lifetime ban applied to any man who had had a sexual enunter wh another man, enpassg as a rult some men who did not live as gay men, she noted.

A number of other untri already allow gay men to give blood, and some e a shorter ferral perd than Canada has settled on. In Bra and Atralia, gay men who haven't had sex wh other men for at least a year are eligible to donate. In the two ci, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men n donate plasma — the yellowish liquid which blood cells are spend — if they have not had a new sexual partner the last three months, and their current sexual partner has not had sex wh anyone else that time, CBS said a release Tuday.

GAY, BISEXUAL MEN UTAH N GIVE BLOOD UNR PANY’S LOOSENED RTRICTNS

Acrdg to the most recent data om Health Canada, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men reprented 49. “What we know om s of HIV rearch is what specific behavurs are most likely to pass HIV and we know that the majory of gay men will not acquire HIV, ” he add. “Var untri have dropped or changed their screeng creria for blood donatn recent years, cludg Italy, Portugal and June, the Uned Kgdom implemented a behavur-based policy that will allow gay, bisexual and MSM to be able to donate blood, plasma and platelets whout a ferral perd.

An end to the ban on gay and bisexual men om donatg blood — promised by Prime Mister Jt T 2015 — is set to be remend wh weeks favour of new screeng creria based on sexual history and behavur.

Feral judge rejects Health Canada's claim has no role barrg gay men om donatg bloodLiberal ndidate ref to fend blood donatn rtrictns for some gay menThe blood service says is preparg to ce evince om untri that do not ask donors such qutns, as well as rearch on risk of HIV transmissn, s submissn to Health Canada wh the next six weeks. But anyone who has had anal sex wh a new partner or multiple partners the prev three months — regardls of their partner's genr — mt wa three months before stands now Canada, a gay man who has had sex wh one partner the last three months nnot give blood, but a straight man n, no matter how many partners he has had sex wh durg the same time Mister Jt T has e unr prsure om MPs and the LGBTQ muny to scrap qutns for donors aimed at gay men.