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Justin Trudeau ‘upset’ not all gay men are allowed to donate blood in Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed disappointment at the restrictions which prevent all sexually active gay men from donating blood. Trudeau, who was collecting an award from the...
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Activists launch hard-hitting blood donation inequality campaign with Pride...
A new awareness initiative has been launched to highlight blood donation inequality facing gay, bisexual and transgender men across the world. The latest effort is part of the Blood Equality campaign –...
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World Blood Donor Day: Why is my gay blood not good enough to save lives?
Two years ago this week—less than a fortnight into Pride month—the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in the United States struck the gay nightclub, Pulse, in Orlando, Florida. The...
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These gay men created a T-shirt made of their blood to protest donation ban
Gay employees at the creative company Mother have created a T-shirt printed using their blood to protest the gay blood donation ban in the US. The company, which has offices in New York and London,...
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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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Gay poet writes in his own blood to protest donation ban
Poet RJ Arkhipov uses his own blood as ink in protest at the UK’s “homophobic” blood donation policy. In an experiment with help from a trusted medical student friend, RJ Arkhipov drew blood to use in...
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Denmark announces gay men will be allowed to donate blood by 2019
Denmark is modernising its blood donation system to “better embrace gender equality” by allowing gay men to donate blood. The Copenhagen Post reported that despite activists campaigning for many years,...
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LGBT Game of Thrones fans excluded from blood donation contest
LGBT+ fans of HBO series Game of Thrones have been left disappointed by a new competition which encourages viewers to donate blood – but leaves out gay fans. As a part of the show’s marketing campaign...
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Plasma donation company sued for refusing transgender woman
A US company that collects plasma from donors is being sued after they turned away a transgender woman because of her gender identity. The Minnesota Department of Human Rights is suing the company for...
View ArticleBlood donation rules for gay and bisexual men finally relaxed in Australia –...
Australia has relaxed its blood donation policy for gay and bisexual men, who are now allowed to donate after three months of celibacy. Previously, rules stated that blood donation was only available...
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More gay and bi men allowed to donate blood as rules finally changed – but...
The British government on Monday (14 June) eased blood donation rules for gay, bisexual and queer men – yet activists warn harmful restrictions remain. Blood donation rules in England, Scotland and...
View ArticleIsrael finally ends discriminatory ban on blood donations from gay and...
Israel is to lift current restrictions which ban gay and bisexual men from donating blood. Israel’s openly gay health minister Nitzan Horowitz made the announcement today (August 19). “Discrimination...
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Germany’s incredible pledge for sweeping reforms of LGBT+ rights is putting...
The chancellor-elect of Germany, Olaf Scholz of the centre-left SDP, and his coalition parties unveiled pledges for sweeping reforms to LGBT+ rights. The coalition of the SDP, Green Party and Free...
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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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An ‘illegal blood bank’ for queer men was launched in the UK in backlash...
Somewhere in a secret location in England’s capital city, an ‘illegal blood bank’ billed specifically for queer men was launched in a damning act of defiance against backwards blood donation laws. Men...
View ArticleAndy Warhol museum to be covered in queer blood for World AIDS Day
The Andy Warhol Museum in Pennsylvania will be covered in projected images of real queer blood for World AIDS Day, to protest the FDA’s discriminatory blood donation ban on men who have sex with men....
View ArticleNew blood donation rules for gay and bi men in the UK has not changed rates...
New blood donation rules that allow gay and bisexual men to give blood if they have abstained from sex for three months have not changed rates of infected blood. Just seven out of 2 million blood...
View ArticleOnly four in ten new blood donors in England are men and everyone is making...
Amid a troubling scarcity of donors, four out of 10 new blood donors in England are men, leading LGBT+ activists to let out a strained sigh considering the gay men are still banned from donating....
View ArticleDenmark to finally allow gay and bisexual men to give blood – but only after...
Denmark has fallen in line with other countries and is set to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood – but only if they abstain from sex for four months. Like most countries across the world,...
View ArticleThere was zero increase in HIV infections from donated blood after the US...
There was zero increase in the number of HIV infections spread through blood transfusions in the United States after a lifetime ban on gay and bisexual male donors was lifted. The claims were made by...
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