Health experts urge FDA to ax 'outdated' gay blood donor rtrictns

Contents:

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• HEALTH EXPERTS URGE FDA TO AX 'OUTDATED' GAY BLOOD DONOR RTRICTNS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

For the first time, the Bin admistratn is mentg on the Food and Dg Admistratn's long-time blood donatn guil, which are impactg the LGBTQ+ muny by preventg gay and bisexual men om beg eligible blood statement, ma by a Whe Hoe official exclively to ABC News, acknowledg the paful origs of the policy and on the heels of the Amerin Red Cross clarg their first-ever natnal blood crisis last week, as suppli at hospals and blood banks bee dangeroly low. Policy holds that sexually active gay or bisexual men mt absta om sex for at least three months before they're allowed to donate blood.

The le appli to gay and bisexual men who are monogamo and those who tt HIV negative and are practicg safe sex.

It also clus gay and bisexual COVID-19 survivors who wish to donate nvalcent plasma, rich wh antibodi, for rtrictn on blood donatns me out of the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s, when limed ttg technology and pacy existed to screen blood for HIV.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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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.

HEALTH EXPERTS URGE FDA TO AX 'OUTDATED' GAY BLOOD DONOR RTRICTNS

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. “By relyg on stigma rather than science, the FDA is not jt harmg members of the LGBTQ muny, but all Amerins”- GLAAD Chief Communitns Officer Rich FerraroThe FDA first began rtrictg such blood donatns 1983, at the start of the HIV/AIDS crisis, when ltle was known about the disease except that was prevalent among gay men. “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, ” the letter Legal, the civil rights group foced on LGBTQ+ rights, told HuffPost stands wh the lawmakers’ requt.

The Food and Dg Admistratn on Thursday said would loosen some of the rtrictns that have blocked gay and bisexual men om donatg agency is changg the remend ferral perd for men who have had sex wh another man om 12 months to three months. Rtrictns on blood donatns om gay and bisexual men, and other groups nsired to be high risk for HIV or AIDS transmissn, date back to the 1980's.