The German government has pledged to end the discrimination experienced by gay/bi men, other men who have sex with men, and some trans folks who want to donate blood. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has announced the country will move towards using individual risk assessment rather than a blanket rule for all clients. Currently gay men […]
The Let Us Give campaign has welcomed the Red Cross Lifeblood Service’s decision to conduct a research program into scrapping the current blanket ban on gay blood donation and adopting individual risk assessment instead. Let Us Give spokesperson, Rodney Croome, said the group has been campaigning for a review of the current ban since it […]
The Isle of Man has announced they will be updating their rules around gay men donating blood. The change in policy comes just days after Heartstopper actor Joe Locke labeled the current policy “archaic”. Locke, who hails from the self-governed British Crown Dependency, pre-recorded a video that was played at a Pride celebration last Saturday. In the […]
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 […]
The Australian Red Cross Lifeblood service is working towards removing barriers for gay men, bisexual men, and some trans folks and non-binary people who have sex with men to donate plasma in Australia. The proposed changes would remove questions about sexual activity from plasma donor assessments, though it would retain the three-month abstinence period for […]
Equality advocates have responded to moves from The Australian Red Cross Lifeblood service to remove barriers for plasma donation from gay and bisexual men and some trans folks. The proposed changes would remove questions about sexual activity from plasma donor assessments, though it would retain the three-month abstinence period for gay and bi men and […]
Greece is the latest country to remove restrictions on gay and bisexual men and some trans women donating blood. Like many countries Greece had banned gay, bisexual, trans folks and other men who have sex with men (MSM) from being blood donors during the early years of the AIDS pandemic, but with improved testing technology […]
Equality advocates have called on the Australian Lifeblood Service to follow the lead of its UK counterpart by lifting its blanket ban on donation by sexually active gay & bi men and shifting to individual risk assessment for all donors. The calls come as the UK moves from banning blood donation for men who have […]
From January 31st gay men will be able to donate blood after a three month celibacy period rather than twelve, but advocates say the celibacy period should be abolished altogether and replaced with screening for individual risk. The Red Cross Blood Service, Lifeblood, has now confirmed on its LGBTIQ donor webpage that from January 31st […]
National LGBTIQ+ advocacy group just.equal has ramped up their campaign to end the ban on gay, bi and trans folks donating blood here in Australia, following a recent decision out of the UK. This week the UK Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs made the recommendation that all donors be assessed […]
