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• WAS AN ATLANTA MAN ASSLTED AND RAPED BY GAY GANG THE 'SWEET BLOODS'?
• NEW BLOOD DONATNS L ALLOW MORE GAY MEN TO GIVE US
• FDA MAY SOON ALLOW GAY MEN TO DONATE BLOOD
• POLICI BANNG GAY MEN OM DONATG BLOOD MIGHT BE GETTG REVISED
• NATNAL GAY BLOOD DRIVE TO ATLANTA JULY 11
• GAY BLOOD DRIVE HS ATLANTA AND EXCEEDS EXPECTATNS
• ATLANTA GAY, BI MEN AND ALLI SOUGHT FOR NATNAL GAY BLOOD DRIVE
• GAY MEN STILL FACE HURDL TO DONATE BLOOD AMID NATNAL SHORTAGE
• ATLANTA BLOOD BANK SAYS STAY AWAY ON ‘NATNAL GAY BLOOD DRIVE’ DAY
• GAY, BISEXUAL MEN UTAH N GIVE BLOOD UNR PANY’S LOOSENED RTRICTNS
• GAY BLOOD DRIVE HS ATLANTA AND EXCEEDS EXPECTATNS
• NATNAL GAY BLOOD DRIVE TO ATLANTA JULY 11

WAS AN ATLANTA MAN ASSLTED AND RAPED BY GAY GANG THE 'SWEET BLOODS'?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay and bisexual men monogamo relatnships n give blood the U. (Atlanta News First) -The Food and Dg Admistratn announced they’ll likely start allowg sexually active gay men to give FDA says recent rearch has them leang toward endg the current ban that is aimed at stoppg the spread of HIV and AIDs.

NEW BLOOD DONATNS L ALLOW MORE GAY MEN TO GIVE US

The issue of the 31-year-old ban preventg gay and bisexual men om donatg blood for life has gotten more and more attentn recent years, and activists hope to take to another level wh the Natnal Gay Blood Drive, which hs the parkg lot of TEN Atlanta on July 11. The event is different this year that gay or bisexual men will brg an eligible ally along wh them who will donate blood their place.

The gay and bisexual men will wre a msage to the Food and Dg Admistratn while the eligible alli will get a name tag sayg “I donated for” followed by the name of the gay or bisexual man whose place they took. GAY BLOOD DRIVE EVENT SPRANG OUT OF ‘UNCOMFORTABLE, ALIENATING SITUATION’ The FDA’s official posn on the matter is that they do not allow donatns om any men who have had sex wh men sce 1977, cg the creased risk for HIV, hepatis B and other fectns that n be transmted through transfn. The ia for the Natnal Gay Blood Drive me about when Yezak was asked by his boss at MTV, where he worked at the time, to donate blood wh her.

FDA MAY SOON ALLOW GAY MEN TO DONATE BLOOD

“It created this unfortable, alienatg suatn, which I realized was based on discrimatn based on my sexual orientatn, ” Yezak, who is gay, tells the GA Voice. ” So the Natnal Gay Blood Drive was born.

Last year’s event was succsful, but after later meetg wh the Amerin Red Cross and members of Congrs and anizg a blood drive wh Via, they found they would exceed their goals by havg a two- pronged approach—raise awarens wh the gay and bisexual men takg part, while employg eligible alli to give blood. ” Gay Atlantan Ben Niara took part last year’s event and volunteered to bee the Atlanta anizer for the 2014 versn. The Amerin Associatn of Blood Banks, Amerin Red Cross and Ameri’s Blood Centers all support a one-year ferral om the time of sexual ntact for gay and bisexual men.

POLICI BANNG GAY MEN OM DONATG BLOOD MIGHT BE GETTG REVISED

It was nsired by many to be a signifint moment the movement bee the AMA not only me out agast the ban om a scientific pot of view, but also took a step further by publicly clarg the lifetime ban discrimat agast gay and bisexual men. The group behd the Gay Blood Drive has no formal stance on what exactly the policy should be changed to for MSM who donate blood, or how long the wa should be after sexual ntact.

“The tth is gay men are not the only on that n bee HIV posive, ” Niara says.

NATNAL GAY BLOOD DRIVE TO ATLANTA JULY 11

“The ia is to show people that ’s not a gay disease and that everyone n be affected by so we should all be treated fairly when to blood donatn. ” More Informatn Natnal Gay Blood Drive July 11, 9 a. “THEY MAY BE GAY BUT THAT PISTOL MADE ME PAY, I GAVE UP MY MONEY, CREDIT CARDS AND MY @SS, THEY TIED ME UP, ROBBED ME AND F*CKED THE SH?

GAY BLOOD DRIVE HS ATLANTA AND EXCEEDS EXPECTATNS

T OUT ME, I HOPE THIS DON’T MEAN I’M GAY”Said a shook up Fernando Muchs about his enunter wh Gay Atlanta gang set the Sweet rpond to the W hotel downtown Atlanta where reports of a rjackg took place. The origal Natnal Gay Blood Drive group tried a peaceful untry-wi stance which normally eligible bisexual/gay male donors would show up to get tted at their lol blood donatn center and attempt to donate their blood.

As every donor is refed, their evaluatn rult will be taken, llected and passed to the FDA – visually nveyg on a natnal level how much blood that the gay muny uld give to the blood supply if they lift their ban and change the current policy.

ATLANTA GAY, BI MEN AND ALLI SOUGHT FOR NATNAL GAY BLOOD DRIVE

Their ntact rmatn has been provid for you to reach out and tell them how you feel about the ban agast gay/bisexual donors. On this se, we will attempt to stay up to day wh current law chang for gay men blood donatns, HIV updat, latt rearch, and ttg rmatn. The Natnal Gay Blood Drive h TEN Atlanta Friday along wh 60 other ci across the U.

To raise awarens about the ban on blood donatn by gay and bisexual men, while also llectg donatns by eligible donors.

GAY MEN STILL FACE HURDL TO DONATE BLOOD AMID NATNAL SHORTAGE

The Natnal Gay Blood Drive asked gay and bi men to show up to donate blood and brg a straight iend, ally or lbian to donate their place. A donor giv blood at the Natnal Gay Blood Drive at TEN Atlanta July 11.

Noara says some of the letters wrten by the gay and bi men to the FDA Friday were “creative.

ATLANTA BLOOD BANK SAYS STAY AWAY ON ‘NATNAL GAY BLOOD DRIVE’ DAY

The issue of the ban keepg gay and bisexual men om donatg blood has gotten more and more attentn recent years and activists hope to take to another level wh the Natnal Gay Blood Drive, which hs the parkg lot of TEN on July 11. Will participate the event, which is different this year that gay or bisexual men will brg an eligible ally along wh them who will donate blood.

This year, the ally will get a nametag sayg “I donated for” followed by the name of the gay or bisexual man, who will be given a letter to the FDA that they n personalize and which will later be sent to the FDA. The GA Voice will have ntued verage of the Natnal Gay Blood Drive as the event approach. Natnal Gay Blood Drive July 11, 9 a.

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

There are many stereotyp of and assumptns about street gangs, jt as there are many stereotyp and assumptns about gay men.

In movi and televisn, some of the most regnizable gay characters have been portrayed as effemate or weak; they’re “fashnistas” or “gay bt iends. This obv ntradictn was one of the ma reasons I was drawn to the subject of gay gang members. For my book “The Gang’s All Queer, ” I terviewed and spent time wh 48 gay or bisexual male gang members.

GAY BLOOD DRIVE HS ATLANTA AND EXCEEDS EXPECTATNS

All were between the ag of 18 and 28; the majory were men of lor; and all lived or near Columb, Oh, which has been referred to as a “Midwtern gay mec. The experience, which took place over the urse of more than two years, allowed me to explore the tensns they felt between gang life and gay manhood. Some of the gang members were gangs ma up of primarily gay, lbian or bisexual people.

NATNAL GAY BLOOD DRIVE TO ATLANTA JULY 11

Others were the only gay man (or one of a few) an otherwise “straight” gang. Then there were what I ll “hybrid” gangs, which featured a mix of straight, gay, lbian and bisexual members, but wh straight people still the majory. Bee even the ia of a gay man beg a gang fli the face of nventnal thought, the gang members I spoke wh had to nstantly rist or subvert a range of stereotyp and expectatns.

I was openly gay – part of the “fay, ” as some of them put – and bee I was a stunt nductg rearch for a book, they were nfint that I stood a better chance of accurately reprentg them than any “straight novelist” or journalist.

The gay men straight gangs I spoke wh knew precisely what was expected of them: be willg to fight wh rival gangs, monstrate toughns, date or have sex wh women and be fancially pennt.