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Gay and Bi blood donor ban lifted in UK

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A welcomed change, long overdue for us folks here in the UK. I hope our overturning this millstone of prejudice might pave the way for a change of mind over in the countries you reside in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14824310
The lifetime ban on blood donations by homosexual and bisexual men will be lifted in England, Scotland and Wales.

Ministers have agreed to let men who have not had sex with another man in the past 12 months to donate from November.
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Oh, so, you can donate as long as you haven't fucked in a year.

It sounds like a step in the right direction. But maybe I'm a cynic in not thinking that it truly is.

Ah well, it is progress.
 
I mean, it's progress... and when it comes to something like AIDS and blood, I'm on the fence.

The facts are that AIDS is more prevalent among gay men than any other demographic, and that gay men are more promiscuous than any other demographic. That doesn't necessarily come with any value judgment, it just means that you as a gay man are more likely to have AIDS than the average person picked out of a crowd.

Nonetheless, there's never any way to be 100% sure that someone doesn't have AIDS. Straight people are just as capable of lying about their sexual status as gay people, and the risk is not so much exponentially higher for gays that I would consider it worth the risk to discriminate (although at one point in time it certainly was, which is why these laws are in place at all).
 
Good to see some progress on this,i used to give blood and ignore a certain question as i thought it was personal and private.

I had to have a blood transfusion a few years back,i was then told that i could no longer donate at all.This also seems a silly rule,but at least it applies to everyone.

The new rulling in november which bans anyone donating for one year after having sex with a same sex partner is still putting the wrong message out.Its about time they told the truth,whatever your sexual orientation is, you have the same chance of catching a sti (even aids) if you come into contact with it.The window period is twelve months,whoever you are.

In my opinion the questionaire would be far better if it considered sex as sex whatever you orientation,ask EVERYONE if they have had UNPROTECTED sex in the last twelve months and treat everyone alike.Unprotected hetero sex carries a bigger risk than protected gay sex.
 
It's a welcome development, but it's not quite enough.

I'd love for the ministers to explain how the blood of a gay man who had sex 11 months ago is 'safe' while the blood of a gay man who had sex 13 months ago is 'dangerous'.

Also why the blood of a straight man who had sex earlier that day is 'safe' and EXACTLY WHY the discrepancy exists. The implication is that ALL gay men are serial drug abusers and STD carriers, and NO straight men are.

And another thing - why is the medical profession apparently incapable of what is called 'screening' a gay man's blood (a wierd and revolutionary concept, I know) before donation? Does their 21st century technology suddenly fail them when confronted with a gay man's blood?

There's still a long way to go here.
 
I don't understand. Isn't all donated blood tested anyway?
If so why ban?
 
This does not make any sense to me. There is a six-week window in which the virus cannot be tested. So, shouldn't the same standard be used for eligibility as for getting tested regularly?
 
Most of this doesn't make sense to me.

Back during the Mad Cow scare in Europe, Americans who traveled to the UK even once in their lives, couldn't donate blood. I don't know if that is still effect or not.
 
They've lifted the ban in theory but largely not in practice. How many gay men have not had sex for 12 months?
 
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