Gay and Bisexual Men Are Now Allowed To Donate Blood In Most Of The U.K. : NPR

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• BLOOD DONATN: RULE CHANGE MEANS MORE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN N GIVE BLOOD
• THE GAY MEN WHO N DONATE BLOOD THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL
• THE UK WILL LET SOME SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN GIVE BLOOD, ENDG A NTROVERSIAL BAN
• BLOOD DONATN: GAY UPLE 'THRILLED' AFTER L CHANGE
• DONATN CHANGE TO ALLOW MORE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TO GIVE BLOOD
• GAY MEN BLOOD DONOR BAN TO BE LIFTED
• GAY, BISEXUAL MEN UTAH N GIVE BLOOD UNR PANY’S LOOSENED RTRICTNS
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
• CAN GAY MEN GIVE BLOOD THE UK? BRISH LAW ON LGBT PEOPLE GIVG BLOOD
• U.K. TO EASE RUL ON BLOOD DONATNS BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• BLOOD DONOR L TO BE RELAXED FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ENGLAND

BLOOD DONATN: RULE CHANGE MEANS MORE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN N GIVE BLOOD

Image source, Getty ImagBlood donatn l for gay and bisexual men are beg relaxed across the UK, what the ernment is llg a "landmark change". "'More work to do'Campaigners have weled the relaxatn of of the sexually active men claimed the three-month le for all men who have sex wh men was "rooted ep homophobia" Spibey, founr of FreedomToDonate, said his group has been mpaigng for the rtrictns to be updated for more than six years and they "warmly wele" this announcement.

Gay uple Osr and Xavier say they feel "proud" about donatg blood for the very first time the now, any male donor who'd had sex wh another man the prev three months uldn't give blood. Gay and bisexual men England, Stland, and Wal n now donate blood, plasma and platelets unr certa circumstanc whout havg to wa three months, the Natnal Health Service announced this week. Gay and bisexual men England, Stland, and Wal n now donate blood, plasma and platelets unr certa circumstanc, the Natnal Health Service announced this week a momento shift policy for most of the U.

THE GAY MEN WHO N DONATE BLOOD THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME

Begng Monday, gay men sexually active, monogamo relatnships for at least three months n donate for the first time. S, the abily for gay and bisexual men to donate blood is still rtricted. A ban on gay and bisexual blood donors has been effect sce the early 1980s when fears about HIV/AIDS were wispread.

The UK will allow some sexually active gay and bisexual men to donate blood, overturng a ban that origated durg the HIV/AIDS epimic of the 1980s and has been cried as homophobic for years. Rul preventg gay and bisexual men om blood donatn were implemented many untri the wake of the AIDS crisis, wh health agenci argug that they were more likely than other people to acquire fectns through sex.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL

But LGBTQ mpaigners and other groups have opposed the bans, warng that they perpetuate stereotyp about gay and bisexual men and ntendg that wh morn screeng methods, the risk of missg an fectn is small. The move was received posively by LGBTQ chari, but many prsed for further chang to allow more gay and bisexual men to make potentially lifavg donatns.

“This change will help ensure more gay and bi men n donate blood, and reprents an important first step towards a donatn selectn policy entirely based on an dividualised asssment of risk, ” Nancy Kelley, chief executive of the LGBTQ rights group Stonewall, said a statement. “While we wele today’s news, we know much more still needs to be done to tackle the challeng that lead to gay and bi men, along wh other groups of people cludg black Ain muni, sex workers, and trans muni, beg at higher risk of acquirg HIV and other STIs, ” she add.

In 2011 was scrapped favor of a one-year ferral perd which a gay or bisexual donor mt rea om sex, and 2017 that perd was rced to three months.

THE UK WILL LET SOME SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN GIVE BLOOD, ENDG A NTROVERSIAL BAN

“Such a ntrast to the attu I met mpaigng at the Department of Health many years back when someone said ‘gays n’t be tsted to tell the tth about their sex liv, ’” Michael Fabrint, a lawmaker wh the erng Conservative party, tweeted. The FAIR chang mean that many more gay, bi men and other men who have sex wh men be able to donate blood more easily.

The UK is leadg the way ensurg that blood donatn is more clive and now will allow many more gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men to donate blood. This change will help ensure more gay and bi men n donate blood, and reprents an important first step towards a donatn selectn policy entirely based on an dividualised asssment of risk. While we wele today’s news, we know much more still needs to be done to tackle the challeng that lead to gay and bi men, along wh other groups of people cludg black Ain muni, sex workers, and trans muni, beg at higher risk of acquirg HIV and other STIs.

BLOOD DONATN: GAY UPLE 'THRILLED' AFTER L CHANGE

We now need to see actn on the enmic health equali that lead to the disproportnate impact of HIV on some groups cludg gay and bisexual men and people om black Ain muni. Can gay men give blood? Gay and bisexual men are not tomatilly prevented om givg blood.

DONATN CHANGE TO ALLOW MORE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TO GIVE BLOOD

From Monday, gay men sexually active, monogamo relatnships n donate for the first who has had anal sex wh a new or multiple partners the past three months will have to wa three months to donate - regardls of their follows a review by the Fair (For the Asssment of Individualised Risk) steerg group, which nclud swchg to an dividualised, genr-ntral approach was fairer and mataed the safety of the blood review's remendatns are to be implemented by all four UK natns. Image ptn, Men who have sex wh other men will be allowed to donate bloodThe lifetime ban on blood donatns by homosexual and bisexual men will be lifted England, Stland and Wal. "The gay rights group Stonewall said the move was a "step the right directn".

However, s chief executive Ben Summerskill said there would still be tighter ntrols on low-risk gay men than on high-risk heterosexuals. "A gay man a monogamo relatnship who has only had oral sex will still tomatilly be unable to give blood but a heterosexual man who has had multiple partners and not worn a ndom will not be qutned about his behavur, or even then, exclud. However, he said was impossible to say how many men would actually be able to start donatg blood as "the vast majory of gay men are still [sexually] active" on this storyRelated Inter LksThe BBC is not rponsible for the ntent of external s.

GAY MEN BLOOD DONOR BAN TO BE LIFTED

For the first time four s, gay and bisexual men will be allowed to donate blood Utah. Durg a prs nference Wednday afternoon, ARUP Blood Servic ma the announcement, makg the first donor center the state to accept donatns om the gay muny. “The are excg chang to the guil that have historilly impacted gay and bisexual men for four s.

NEW l have e to place so that more gay and bisexual men n donate blood. Can gay men give blood the UK?

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

Today the Government announced le chang that will allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood the UK. Gay and bisexual men, along wh other groups, are disproportnately impacted by HIV.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

What were the l for gay and bisexual men before the new chang, and how have they changed over the years? This therefore clus gay and bisexual men ongog sexual relatnships wh one other person.

This means gay and bisexual men long-term relatnships will be able to give blood when that person is the only person they have had anal sex wh the three months prr to donatg.

To Ease Rul on Blood Donatns by Gay and Bisexual MenThe new policy, which will take effect next summer, was scribed by Bra’s health secretary as a landmark and by an activist as “a fundamental shift toward regnizg people are dividuals.

CAN GAY MEN GIVE BLOOD THE UK? BRISH LAW ON LGBT PEOPLE GIVG BLOOD

Dendra Haria/SOPA Imag, via Getty ImagBra announced on Monday that would loosen rtrictns on blood donatn by gay and bisexual men begng next year, a shift policy lled “landmark” by the ernment and hailed by activists who have long fought l they scribed as change will take effect next summer after the remendatns of a health mtee that said a blanket ban on sexually active gay or bisexual men donatg blood should be lifted. ”A statement released on Monday by the Natnal Health Service remov the three-month barrier and says that gay and bisexual men who have had the same sexual partner for more than three months will be allowed to donate if there is no known exposure to a sexually transmted fectn and they are not g dgs to stop the spread of H. Around the world, siar rtrictns have ed anger among gay-rights activists, who scribe them as stigmatizg.

Spibey add, sayg he hoped would “have ripple effects around the world for potentially lns of gay and bi men.

The new guil will apply to any person intifyg as male who has sex wh other, Italy and Spa also have relaxed l on blood donatns for gay or bisexual men. Activists and many health experts have long said the laws surroundg men who have sex wh other men are antiquated and rerce harmful 2017, Bra changed the time ame for gay and bisexual men to absta om sex before donatg om one year to three months, cg this as a safe buffer to ensure any blood donated would not be fected.

U.K. TO EASE RUL ON BLOOD DONATNS BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

But the health mtee found that the three-month le was unnecsary for gay and bisexual men who had not engaged risky sexual behavr.

“Lots of gay and bisexual men want to be able to do their part and donate blood and feel like they are makg that ntributn, ” Ms. “I look forward to the day where our policy chang Ameri, and our policy cisns, aren’t guid by homophobia and fear.

BLOOD DONOR L TO BE RELAXED FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ENGLAND

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 12 of the New York edn wh the headle: Bra Plans to Ease Lims on Blood Donatns by Gay and Bisexual Men.