Health Canada ends ban on blood donatns om gay men - The Globe and Mail

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• BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC NOW ALLOWS SOME GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE PLASMA CALGARY, LONDON, ONT.
• CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• FERAL JUDGE REJECTS HEALTH CANADA'S CLAIM HAS NO ROLE BARRG GAY MEN OM DONATG BLOOD
• CANADA TO LIFT BLOOD DONATN BAN ON SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN
• HEALTH CANADA ENDS BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN
• GAY MAN FIGHTS 'DISCRIMATORY' POLICY THAT BANS HIM OM DONATG BLOOD. OTTAWA TRI TO BLOCK
• BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS HEALTH CANADA END GAY BLOOD DONATN BAN
• CANADA REMOV BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN
• UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS
• GAY, BISEXUAL MEN UTAH N GIVE BLOOD UNR PANY’S LOOSENED RTRICTNS
• GAY MAN FIGHTS 'DISCRIMATORY' POLICY THAT BANS HIM OM DONATG BLOOD. OTTAWA TRI TO BLOCK
• BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

Calgary paramedic 'elated' as Canada ends blood ban for men who have sex wh menBlood service remends endg ban on gay men donatg bloodInstead of beg asked about genr or sexualy, potential donors will be screened on higher-risk sexual behavur, such as anal sex.

Christopher Karas, who filed a human rights plat agast Health Canada to remove the ferral, says the policy still stigmatiz gay, bisexual men, and some transgenr people. Christopher Karas, a gay man who filed a human rights plat agast Health Canada, says the new policy still stigmatiz gay and bisexual men. (Evan Msui/CBC)"But I know that a lot of gay, bi men and trans people will still be barred by this policy, so I thk 's a b unfortunate that the ernment has cid this is the approach they want to take, " said Karas.

"What they're sayg is that gay and bi men and transgenr [people]...

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVIC NOW ALLOWS SOME GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE PLASMA CALGARY, LONDON, ONT.

Prevly, the feral ernment has tried to block Karas's urt challenge that argu Health Canada is discrimatg agast gay men by overseeg a ban that prevents men who have sex wh other men om donatg blood. ListenThere's no reason for Canada to ntue banng gay men om donatg blood, says journalistPEERS Alliance says end to ban on gay blood donatn has been 'a long time g'When prsed by reporters on whether Health Canada played a plic role the discrimatory policy, T said scientific evince was need and didn't exist.

CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

Liberals say they will act ‘quickly’ to end blood donatn ban on gay, bisexual men. Canada’s blood donatn ban to end for gay and bisexual men.

FERAL JUDGE REJECTS HEALTH CANADA'S CLAIM HAS NO ROLE BARRG GAY MEN OM DONATG BLOOD

A look at Canada’s ban on blood donatn om gay men and what’s next. Canada electn: T says Liberals workg to end blood donatn rtrictns for gay men.

CANADA TO LIFT BLOOD DONATN BAN ON SEXUALLY ACTIVE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN

“It still shocks me 2022 that as a gay male, I actually n’t donate blood. “HIV is not a gay disease, we know that, ” he said. “To remove this part that was discrimatory towards men who have sex wh men, gay men and bisexuals, ’s a step the right directn for the LGBTQ2S+ people this untry.

HealthCanadian Blood Servic submted a proposal to Health Canada Wednday to end the ban on sexually active gay men donatg blood and suggted that screeng foc on high-risk behavurs for all donors Canada expected to rpond to Canadian Blood Servic remendatn by sprgCanadian Blood Servic has sent a submissn to Health Canada remendg an end to the ban on sexually active gay men donatg blood. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Prs)Canadian Blood Servic on Wednday remend an end to the ban on sexually active gay men donatg blood a submissn to Health submted a proposal, backed by rearch, suggtg that screeng foc on high-risk behavur — cludg havg multiple sexual partners — by all donors stead.

Feral misters, cludg the prime mister, have said they want to speed up an end to the gay blood ban, and Health Canada is expected to rpond to the blood-service remendatn by the sprg. Canadian Blood Servic now allows some gay, bisexual men to donate plasma Calgary, London, blood service has suggted that the new screeng qutns be changed to foc on risk, not sexual potential donors would be asked if they have had new or multiple sexual partners.

HEALTH CANADA ENDS BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

If they answer y, they would then be asked if they have had anal troduced a lifetime ban for gay men 1992. LondonCanadian Blood Servic is takg the first steps to allowg gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men — which lls the gbMSM muny — to donate blood plasma, startg the tt ci of Calgary and London, agency's prev policy has been lled discrimatory, cludg by men who have sex wh menBlood plasma is the straw-loured liquid ponent left when blood cells are removed om whole blood.

Canadian Blood Servic is ttg out s plasma donatn eligibily, London, Ont., and Calgary, for gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men. (Hiep Vu via Canadian Blood Servic)Canadian Blood Servic is takg the first steps to allowg gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men — which lls the gbMSM muny — to donate blood plasma, which is startg two tt ci: Calgary, Alta., and London, marks the first time the agency is openg donatns to gay and bisexual men. My blood is a rare type and ed to donate regularly before gay men were banned.

"Plasma donated by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men London and Calgary will be ma to plasma prote products when the donor at least 60 days later wh a plasma donatn that tts negative for fect diseas. It is ed a variety of treatments for rare, life-threateng, chronic and geic years, Canadian Blood Servic has e unr fire for not allowg men who have sex wh men to donate blood, a practice many ll homophobic.

GAY MAN FIGHTS 'DISCRIMATORY' POLICY THAT BANS HIM OM DONATG BLOOD. OTTAWA TRI TO BLOCK

The agency did not say when would expand the current plasma donatn abily to other centr beyond Calgary and ferral perd drops to 3 months for gay, bisexual men"We unrstand that beg turned away om donatg n leave any donor wh a sense of tratn and disappotment, " the agency said. "We also regnize that the slow pace of chang to donor creria that still exclu many gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men has been paful and tratg for many, and we are workg to create a more clive system. OTTAWA (AP) — Health Canada on Thursday lifted rtrictns on gay men donatg blood, a move Prime Mister Jt T said was “good news for all Canadians” but had taken too long.

Health Canada approved the requt by Canadian Blood Servic to end the policy that rtricts homosexuals om donatg blood for three months after engagg gay sex. The policy began 1992 as an outright ban on gay men donatg blood followg a tated blood sndal. Several chang were later ma to the blood donatn regime until ferral perds for donatns by gay men were lowered om a lifetime ban to three months 2019.

Gay man fights 'discrimatory' policy that bans him om donatg blood.

BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS HEALTH CANADA END GAY BLOOD DONATN BAN

Ottawa tri to block Blood-donatn ferral perd drops to 3 months for gay, bisexual menKaras and his lawyers, Gregory Ko and Shakir Rahim, argue that while Health Canada do not directly take blood donatns, grants regulatory approval to screeng by Canadian Blood Canada disagreed, argug  has never issued a directive requirg that Canadian Blood Servic adopt the ban.

The partment says only reviews the blood service's polici and procr for safety reasons and has no legal thory to direct the arm's-length agency to do feral ernment went to urt to block a human rights plat accg of backg the Canadian Blood Servic policy on donatns om gay and bisexual men.

S., the Red Cross, along wh One Blood, Valant and partner LGBTQ+ muny health centers, are participatg a pilot study fund by the FDA select ci that uld potentially lead to chang for blood donor eligibily creria for gay and bisexual men. TIL that homosexuals are not allowed to donate blood Canada, the Uned Stat, Germany, and many other untri.

CANADA REMOV BAN ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

A policy change years the makg, on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Servic’ submissn to elimate the three-month donor ferral perd for gay and bisexual men as well as some other folks the LGBTQ2S+ muny. This means Canadian Blood Servic prohibs gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men, as well as certa trans people who have sex wh men, om donatg blood unls they have been abstent for three months.

For years LGBTQ2S+ advot and those who are prohibed om donatg have voice their tratn, sayg the policy is discrimatory, homophobic, and not based science. Canadians n have nfince their blood system and gay men or men who have sex wh men n now donate blood and save another person’s life. Out gay Conservative MP Eric Dunn, who gaed notoriety 2020 for challengg the ernment the Hoe over the policy and sharg his personal experience of beg unable to donate, qutned why ’ll still be months before the policy change is implemented.

Canadian Blood Servic has today remend that Canada end the ban on gay men donatg blood, a submissn to Health McIntosh/The Canadian PrsThe feral ernment will no longer tomatilly ban sexually active gay and bisexual men om donatg blood to Canadian Blood Servic, endg a policy that has long been cricized as discrimatory and lackg scientific Canada announced the cisn Thursday, years after Prime Mister Jt T promised to elimate the ban. Prr to Thursday’s announcement, Canada blocked gay and bisexual men, as well as other men who have sex wh men, om donatg blood unls three months had passed sce their last sexual ntact wh men.

UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS

Opn: Canada should have scrapped s homophobic ban on blood donatns om gay men long agoBlood service remends Health Canada end gay blood donatn banCanadian Blood Servic spokperson Cathere Lewis said the new procs is ground science. In 2013, Health Canada said gay men uld donate blood, so long as they had not had sex wh other men the prr five Liberal Party promised to end the ban durg the 2015 electn mpaign that brought the T ernment to power. A gay man  Ontar will be urt later this month argug that Health Canada discrimat agast him by overseeg the ban preventg men who recently have had sex wh other men om donatg feral ernment has been tryg to block that challenge, argug has no power to change Canadian Blood Servic' donor creria.

"Blood-donatn ferral perd drops to 3 months for gay, bisexual menLGBT activist's plat over wa perd for blood donatn referred to human rights tribunal"To have erroneo polici that are archaic and discrimatory like this, barrg donors and disuragg donors om donatg and creatg stigma, is an appropriate way for our blood system to operate, " he said.

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

"Health Canada is timately volved implementg, certaly approvg, this blood ban that is imposed on gay folks, " Ko said. "It is not pla and obv at the prelimary stage that the rponnt is not a party to the alleged discrimatn, " said the human rights renews ph to get T ernment to end 'homophobic' blood donor policyGay activist fil feral human rights plat over blood-donatn wa perdNow, the Attorney General of Canada, on behalf of Health Canada, is tryg to stop that quiry and is seekg a judicial review of the Canadian Human Rights Commissn's cisn at the Feral Court urt documents filed earlier this year, the ernment repeated s claim that Health Canada did not discrimate agast Karas and also acced the Canadian Human Rights Commissn of pursug an unfair vtigatn. Open this photo gallery:A blood donor clic pictured at a shoppg mall Calgary on March 27, McIntosh/The Canadian PrsCanadian Blood Servic on Wednday remend an end to the ban on sexually active gay men donatg blood a submissn to Health submted a proposal, backed by rearch, suggtg that donor screeng foc on high-risk behavur, cludg havg multiple sexual partners.

GAY MAN FIGHTS 'DISCRIMATORY' POLICY THAT BANS HIM OM DONATG BLOOD. OTTAWA TRI TO BLOCK

Feral misters, cludg the Prime Mister, have said they want to speed up an end to the gay blood ban, and Health Canada is expected to rpond to the blood-service remendatn by the sprg.

Jagmeet Sgh, the NDP Lear, weled the proposed change and said that banng gay men om donatg blood was “homophobic” and not backed up by Hickey, an LGBTQ mpaigner, said the liftg of the ban had taken far too long. “The blood ban has rerced negative stereotyp that have perpetuated homophobia, biphobia and transphobia wh society g our muny to experience addnal margalizatn, ” they said. 1 prry, ” donated blood is screened but that screeng is not 100-per-cent accurate, which is why potential donors are asked qutns to crease risk of transmissn of fected blood service has clud s own rearch and evince om overseas, cludg Bra which has already end s gay blood ban, s submissn.

It says the rearch and risk mollg shows that the change to screeng creria would pose no addnal safety risk to the blood troduced a lifetime ban for gay men 1992.

BLOOD SERVICE REMENDS ENDG BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

Héma-Québec, the Quebec blood service, dited on Wednday that too may favour a softeng of the l banng gay men om donatg Morng Update and Eveng Update newsletters are wrten by Globe edors, givg you a ncise summary of the day’s most important headl.