Discrimatn agast gay men who n't make donatns is arbrary, archaic — and adly

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• DISCRIMATN AGAST GAY MEN WHO N'T MAKE DONATNS IS ARBRARY, ARCHAIC — AND ADLY
• MOM WANTS POLICY CHANGE FOR AN, TISSUE DONORS AFTER GAY SON'S ATH
• SASKATCHEWAN MAN LLS FOR CHANG AN DONATNS FOR GAY MEN AFTER LATE HBAND’S TISSU DISQUALIFIED
• IT’S TIME TO LEGALIZE GAY EY
• CAN GAY MEN DONATE ANS CANADA?
• UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS

DISCRIMATN AGAST GAY MEN WHO N'T MAKE DONATNS IS ARBRARY, ARCHAIC — AND ADLY

When she asked if Reert was a sexually active homosexual male, Snyr rpond “y” whout a send thought. Then he went numb when he heard her say, “Well, unfortunately, that means …”Monogamo married gay men like Sean are at a lower risk for HIV than a sgle straight man wh a different partner every day.

“But bee he was a gay man livg Ameri 2020 he was not allowed one of his fal wish. The woman on the phone wh Snyr was specifilly checkg about tissue donatn, which a sexually active gay man n’t give.

MOM WANTS POLICY CHANGE FOR AN, TISSUE DONORS AFTER GAY SON'S ATH

And the 112, 000 Amerins need of an donatns and the hundreds of thoands more need of tissue donatns n’t afford any unnecsary ’s no nyg that men who have sex wh men, cludg gay men, bisexual men and others, are at greater risk for HIV; 57 percent of people livg wh HIV got om male-to-male sexual ntact. Monogamo married gay men like Sean are at a lower risk for HIV than a sgle straight man wh a different partner every day — yet another example of how the polici are FDA and HHS fally showed some movement on this issue by amendg the guil on blood and an donatns recent years.

SASKATCHEWAN MAN LLS FOR CHANG AN DONATNS FOR GAY MEN AFTER LATE HBAND’S TISSU DISQUALIFIED

But for many men, this abstence requirement still amounts to a lifetime any rctn the ludicro rtrictns is a step the right directn, the three months of abstence is nonsensil bee don’t actually crease the safety of recipients, even as ntu to discrimate agast gay and bisexual FDA admted April that the replacg of the lifetime ban wh a 12-month celibacy requirement 2015 ed “no crease risk to the blood supply. Of Iowa died by suici after homophobic bullyg 2013, his fal wish had been to donate his ans and tissue. “I uldn’t unrstand why my 16-year-old son’s ey uldn’t be donated jt bee he was gay, ” Betts’ mother said at the time.

IT’S TIME TO LEGALIZE GAY EY

Gay, lbian, or bisexual. As of now, the FDA, which overse blood and tissue donatn, has regulatns place which n lim what n be donated by gay men. The limatns are NOT the same for an donatn--gay men the U.

However, his tissu were rejected when he died last November, said his mother Cdy Gat-Dee, who learned om readg her son's medil rerds that his "homosexual stat, " as noted on a screeng form by a tissue specialist, meant he was cled as a high-risk donor bee he'd had sex wh another man the last five neher she nor Dee's hband was asked any qutns about Dee's liftyle to terme the probabily of high-risk behavur that specialists believe lead to creased risk of HIV or hepatis B and hepatis C, Gat-Dee said om Aylford, N.

CAN GAY MEN DONATE ANS CANADA?

"I take a lot of offence to the assumptn that jt bee we were a homosexual relatnship that we were havg high-risk sex, " MacDonald jump tissue donatns, an referrals after N. Q&ACalgary paramedic 'elated' as Canada ends blood ban for men who have sex wh menBlood service remends endg ban on gay men donatg bloodHealth Canada, which is rponsible for enforcg regulatns on human cells, tissu and ans for transplantatn, said all potential donors mt be asssed to ensure they would not be transmtg any fect diseas to recipients.

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

"Informatn Morng - NS19:21Valley fay fightg for change to an donor screengAn Annapolis Valley fay is fightg for chang to the way an and tissue donors are screened, after their son's dyg wish to donate his tissu was nied bee he was gay.

The eligibily qutn up most equently regardg sexually-active gay men or others who may have been told that they nnot donate blood products. Belurt believ the donor policy is bizarre given the recent blood-ban chang for gay men. “You’re throwg away good, viable tissue or whatever you want to take om him bee he’s a gay man and had sex wh the man.