Senior federal Labor MP, Tanya Plibersek, has written to the Let Us Give campaign saying she supports a review of the Red Cross Lifeblood’s ban on whole-blood donation from gay men, and bisexual men, trans women and some non-binary people who have sex with men. Let Us Give spokesperson, Andrew Badcock welcomed the support from […]
Tags: Andrew Badcock, blood ban, blood donation, blood equality, dr sharon dane, Labor, let us give, Tanya Plibersek
1 Aug 2022 /
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A new campaign has been launched to increase the supply of safe blood in Australia by ending the current ban on blood donation by gay & bi+ men, trans women and non-binary people who have sex with men. Currently in Australia these groups are required to be sexually abstinent for three months before donating, even […]
Tags: blood, blood ban, blood equality, let us give, world blood donor day
14 Jun 2022 |
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Allowing gay men to donate blood would help solve Australia’s blood supply crisis according to LGBTIQA+ advocacy group, Just.Equal. The Red Cross Lifeblood Service has issued a call for donors as blood supplies drop due to cancelled donations resulting from an upsurge of colds, flu and Covid. Just.Equal Australia spokesperson, Rodney Croome, said, “Just.Equal wants […]
Tags: blood ban, lifeblood, Red Cross, Rodney Croome, Sharon Dane
31 May 2022 |
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Canada will be ending its ban on blood donation for gay/bi men and trans folks, moving away from a forced abstinence period for most queer potential donors. The nation joins Greece, the UK, Brazil, Iceland and a growing number of countries around the world moving towards individual risk assessment rather than a blanket ban on […]
Tags: blood ban, blood equality, Canada, just.equal, Rodney Croome
29 Apr 2022 |
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Opinion: Rodney Croome 2020 was the year Australia fell behind other countries on blood equality. In April, the Trump administration announced a reduction in the celibacy period for gay men wanting to donate from twelve months to three. President-elect, Joe Biden, then trumped that with a commitment to abolish the ban altogether. Meanwhile, two gay-unfriendly […]
Tags: blood ban, Rodney Croome
29 Dec 2020 |
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