French blood donation ban for gay men to be lifted ‘in coming months’
The ban on the donation of blood by men who have sex with men in France is due to be lifted ‘in the coming months’. Minister of Health and Social…
Continue readingThe restrictions on gay male blood donors put lives at risk
A monogamous gay man may be banned from giving blood, yet a promiscuous straight man isn’t. It makes no sense. Today, the World Health Organisation wants you to be a…
Continue readingPossible end to blood ban on gay men in Israel
In Israel next month, a Health Ministry advisory committee on transfusion medicine will consider whether to amend the clause that forbids gay men donating blood, following a similar change here…
Continue readingSex, blood and the status quo
While Northern Ireland continues to drag its feet on lifting the lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, recent developments in Great Britain are no great victory….
Continue readingLifetime ban gay blood donation lifted today
Regulations banning the donation of blood by men who have ever had gay sex will be lifted from today. The Department of Health announced the changes in September, implementing a…
Continue readingSNP condemns gay blood ban
The Scottish National Party has approved a motion condeming the blood donation ban on gay men. Delegates at the party’s conference in Inverness backed a motion which said that new…
Continue readingGay men still banned!
The Department of Health today decided to end the lifetime ban on gay men donating blood which is a ‘step in the right direction’. However, the charity Stonewall still expresses…
Continue readingGay blood donation ban expected to be lifted today!
The lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have had sex with men is expected to be lifted in the UK later today. Since the 1980s AIDS crisis, gay…
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