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This ‘blood bath’ by Lush shows just how many lives gay donors could save
A new campaign from Lush Cosmetics has highlighted the disparities in blood donation rules. Until recently, men who have sex with men were banned from donating blood across the UK. The government opted...
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Gay man banned from giving blood in France takes case to European court
A gay man who has repeatedly been denied the chance to donate blood has taken his case to one of Europe’s top courts. Laurent Drelon filed a discrimination suit at the European Court of Human Rights on...
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Iceland could lift ban on gay men donating blood
Iceland’s Ministry of Health is reportedly considering changing the regulations that ban gay and bisexual men from giving blood. The government department is expected to announce its decision on the...
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Despite praise from gay Republicans, Donald Trump admits he ‘didn’t know...
Donald Trump has admitted he doesn’t have a clue about the FDA’s decision to change the rules on men who have sex with men donating blood — despite effusive praise from gay Republicans. The Log Cabin...
View ArticleBlood donation service says coronavirus isn’t a good enough reason to relax...
Ireland’s blood donation service has said that the coronavirus pandemic “would not be a reason to review” its 12-month deferral policy for gay and bisexual men. During the AIDS-epidemic of the 1980s,...
View ArticleAs world leaders tiptoe around anti-gay blood bans, Hungary has just struck...
Hungary has scrapped an archaic policy which prohibited all men who had ever had sex with another man from donating blood for life. Various countries across the world introduced bans on gay and...
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Gay coronavirus survivor banned from donating life-saving plasma even though...
After recovering from coronavirus, gay American actor Yuval David tried to donate life-saving plasma but was blocked from doing so simply because he’d had sex with his husband within the last three...
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Gay senator rages after being banned from giving blood despite meeting new...
Gay state senator Brad Hoylman has spoken out after he was rejected from giving blood, despite meeting the new official guidelines for doing so. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in...
View ArticleGay MP boldly confronts health minister over failure to end queer blood ban:...
There were heated scenes in Canada’s parliament as the country’s first out gay Conservative MP Eric Duncan confronted the Liberal health minister on the gay and bisexual blood ban. Like many countries,...
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Ireland urged to end ‘dehumanising’ blood ban ahead of major policy review:...
Ireland is being urged to end its discriminatory blood ban ahead of a policy review this year, after it emerged it is importing supplies from the UK, where many gay and bisexual men are now allowed to...
View ArticleJustin Trudeau ‘hopeful’ that Canada will end blood donation discrimination soon
Canada could soon overturn its partial blood donation ban for gay, bisexual and queer men, according to the country’s prime minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau’s Liberal Party of Canada first promised to...
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Greece finally lifts archaic ban on queer men donating blood: ‘It’s the least...
Greece has lifted its stringent, decades-old ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood in a move dubbed by activists as “the least [they] could do”. Health officials brought out a life-long ban on men...
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US officials urged to throw out discriminatory queer blood ban amid ‘national...
US lawmakers and LGBT+ advocates have called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to throw out its “discriminatory” queer blood ban. The American Red Cross declared a “national blood crisis” as...
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Biden admits blood ban causes LGBT+ people ‘pain’– but won’t scrap it yet
Joe Biden has admitted that blood donation bans targeting the LGBT+ community have a “painful” legacy – yet is choosing not to scrap them immediately. The American Red Cross has, for the first time,...
View ArticleGay man calls out ‘homophobic’ blood ban in passionate video: ‘Let me not mix...
In a viral TikTok video, a gay man slammed the Australian Red Cross for its discriminatory policy on queer men donating blood. Luke O’Halloran, who goes by the username @lukeeeohallloran, filmed his...
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