Learn about feral regulatns related to blood donatn by Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and Genr non-nformg (LGBTQ+) dividuals.
Contents:
- GAY MEN CAN NOW DONATE LIFE-SAVG BONE MARROW. WILL BLOOD FOLLOW?
- SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON FDA TO LIFT LIFETIME BAN ON BLOOD/BONE MARROW DONATION BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
GAY MEN CAN NOW DONATE LIFE-SAVG BONE MARROW. WILL BLOOD FOLLOW?
Followg a policy change 2015, the procs for donatg bone marrow beme more clive of gay men. Will the blood donatn procs follow su? * can gay men donate bone marrow *
5 ln people currently enrolled the Natnal Bone Marrow Registry, there’s only a 1 430 chance volunteers will ever be lled upon to donate for Pagels, the challenge is also of her iends are gay or bisexual and historilly unable to donate to blood centers unr Feral Dg Admistratn policy.
Acctomed to beg turned away om blood centers due to the fear they might transm HIV, Pagels’ gay and bisexual male iends were worried they wouldn’t be able to help her l of people wa at the OneBlood Donatn Center to donate blood for the jured victims of the Pulse nightclub shootg on June 12, 2016 Orlando, Florida.
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON FDA TO LIFT LIFETIME BAN ON BLOOD/BONE MARROW DONATION BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
* can gay men donate bone marrow *
Gay and bisexual men ntued to be turned away for bone marrow donatn until last year, as Medium wrer John Colucci found out when he attempted to sign up for the registry Febary 2015.