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    Lifeblood's blood donation eligibility expands for gay and bisexual men, transgender people
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    Lifeblood’s blood donation eligibility expands for gay and bisexual men, transgender people

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    1. Hazwrach on

      No mention of removing their antiquated and intrusive ‘sex assigned at birth’ requirements though.

    2. Hazwrach on

      Exactly. Interesting that some people seem to hate the idea of me bringing that up?

    3. Cat6Bolognese on

      Gonna be so real. I had such a nightmare experience when I tried to donate years ago that I don’t want to try again. I have to have largeish amounts of blood taken semi-regularly for a medical condition (basically I make too much blood), perfectly donate-able and I really wanted to. For the last several years it’s just gone to waste because of the outdated donation rules.

      Are they actually doing anything to make queers feel safe/want to come donate or is it just “good news freaks we will take your blood now but we’re gonna treat you in the same shitty way”

    4. Scrambledsilence on

      “We ask all donors the same two questions:

      – Whether you’ve had sex with someone new in the last 6 months, and
      – Whether you’ve had sex with more than one person in the last 6 months.

      Both questions exclude oral sex.

      If you answer no to both, you won’t be asked anything else and we’ll move on to the rest of the questionnaire.

      If you answer yes to either question, we’ll ask if you’ve had anal sex in the last 3 months.

      If it’s a no to that, we’ll keep going through the questionnaire. If it’s a yes, you’ll have to wait 6 months to donate blood, but can still donate plasma.“

      While gender neutral in formation, it’s still targets the highest risk category of sexual behaviour for blood borne diseases like hepatitis and HIV.

    6. Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson on

      Yeah still probably won’t. Bad experiences put you right off from this.