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• GAY MEN'S PREFERENC FOR "TOP" VS. "BOTTOM" CAN BE JUDGED BY THEIR FACE
• IN THE MIDST OF A NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE, GAY MEN ARE STILL EXCLUD OM HELPG
• BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE
• ‘IT’S HAD A CHILLG EFFECT’: FLORIDA TEACHERS ANX ABOUT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• ‘THERE’S A STIGMA’: GAY MEN ON ERNMENT’S RPONSE TO MONKEYPOX
• GAY MEN STILL FACG OBSTACL TO DONATE BLOOD AMID ‘WORST BLOOD SHORTAGE OVER A ’
• AMID U.S. BLOOD SHORTAGE, NEW PRSURE TO EASE DONOR L FOR GAY MEN
• FDA PRSURED TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD AMID SHORTAGE
• FDA LOOSENS RTRICTNS ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN, ENURAG BLOOD DONATNS AMID RONAVIS CRISIS
• HEALTH EXPERTS URGE FDA TO AX 'OUTDATED' GAY BLOOD DONOR RTRICTNS

GAY MEN'S PREFERENC FOR "TOP" VS. "BOTTOM" CAN BE JUDGED BY THEIR FACE

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IN THE MIDST OF A NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE, GAY MEN ARE STILL EXCLUD OM HELPG

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BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE

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‘IT’S HAD A CHILLG EFFECT’: FLORIDA TEACHERS ANX ABOUT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

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‘THERE’S A STIGMA’: GAY MEN ON ERNMENT’S RPONSE TO MONKEYPOX

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GAY MEN STILL FACG OBSTACL TO DONATE BLOOD AMID ‘WORST BLOOD SHORTAGE OVER A ’

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AMID U.S. BLOOD SHORTAGE, NEW PRSURE TO EASE DONOR L FOR GAY MEN

In 1983, the FDA implemented a lifetime ban on blood donatns om all men who had sex wh men after FDA removed the lifetime ban and enacted a 12-month ferral perd 2015, meang gay or bisexual men had to absta om havg sex wh other men for at least 12 months before donatg blood. Gabby (@gabriellekassel) and Bobby (@bybobbybox) talk about the queer tradn of iends pre-approvg nus before chattg wh legendary drag performer Tynomi Banks (@tynomibanks) about sex drag, what ’s like navigatg datg apps as a gay celebry, and whether Tynomi feels sexit or out of drag. Produced by Vivian McCall (@pansyisgay), this episo is sponsored by Fun Factory (@funfactory).

Michael Woods, a high school special tn teacher Palm Beach unty, Florida, wh 30 years of experience teachg and who grew up as a stunt the area who was bullied for beg gay, said he cried the night before this school year began Augt 2022 bee of anxiety related to Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill that went to effect July 2022.

“As a gay teacher, as a queer male, ’s been paful for me, ’s been very paful and very upsettg, ” said Woods.

FDA PRSURED TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD AMID SHORTAGE

“The bills are all based on false pretens, they’re li, they’re based on li, they make assumptns that somethg is happeng our schools area, that teachers are somehow doctratg our stunts, teachg them to be gay, or whatever the se may be, ” said Andrew Spar, print of the Florida Edutn add: “I thk the biggt thg gog to the school year is the unknown, bee this bill and the other bills that are out there, give parents the abily to brg plats agast teachers, brg lawsus agast school districts, and we jt don’t know how ’s gog to play out. ”Ron DeSantis, the ernor of Florida, signg the ‘don’t say gay’ bill March 2022. 'There's a stigma': Gay men on ernment's rponse to monkeypox.

The Food and Dg Admistratn has rtrictns prohibg anyone who has had sex wh a gay or bisexual man om donatg blood for three months after.

FDA LOOSENS RTRICTNS ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN, ENURAG BLOOD DONATNS AMID RONAVIS CRISIS

France announced Tuday that startg March gay and bisexual men the untry will no longer face rtrictns donatg blood. Even after the Amerin Red Cross clared s first natnal blood shortage on Tuday, gay and bisexual men are still facg obstacl to donate.

However, as the plea for blood donatns has grown, gay and bisexual men are often unable to donate as the Food and Dg Admistratn has rtrictns place that prohib anyone who has had sex wh a gay or bisexual man om donatg blood for three months after. The rtrictns stem om a fear that recent sexual activy among gay or bisexual men may rult HIV. Gay and bisexual men were origally barred om donatg blood at all 1983, though the FDA reversed this 2015, then allowg donatn if there had been no male-to-male sexual ntact wh 12 months.

Yet, LGBTQ+ advot claim the rtrictns still disproportnately bar gay and bisexual men om donatg a set of hypocril circumstanc. France announced Tuday that, startg March, gay and bisexual men the untry will no longer face rtrictns donatg blood.

HEALTH EXPERTS URGE FDA TO AX 'OUTDATED' GAY BLOOD DONOR RTRICTNS

5 as gay. GAY MEN WILL SOON BE ABLE TO GIVE BLOOD IN FRANCE. (HealthDay)—A three-month sexual abstence le for blood donatns om sexually active gay and bisexual men should be dropped by the U.

Given advanc blood screeng and safety technology, a time-based policy for gay and bisexual men is not scientifilly sound, ntu to effectively exclu an entire group of people, and do not meet the urgent mands of the moment, " 22 senators said a letter to U. Blood shortage, new prsure to ease donor l for gay men (2022, January 15). Food and Dg Admistratn is facg ramped-up prsure to scrap s harsh lims on blood donatns om gay and bisexual men amid a dire shortage at blood banks.

“As the medil muny ntu to exprs urgency for Amerins to donate blood, there is still a discrimatory and unnecsary FDA policy place that hrs healthy gay and bisexual men, as well as other LGBTQ people, om dog so, many of whom are willg and wantg to donate blood durg this health crisis, ” GLAAD’s chief munitns officer, Rich Ferraro, told HuffPost on Friday.