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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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Los Angeles-based alt-pop multi-media artist Mothica has delivered two brand-new singles, including the unassuming love song Bedtime Stories and the vampire-inspired Blood. The new music coincides with the announcement of her dynamic and emotionally charged sophomore album Nocturnal due out July 1 via Heavy Heart Records – her imprint with Rise Records/BMG. The album follows […]
Tags: bedtime stories, blood, MOTHICA, music, nocturnal
12 Jun 2022 |
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Equality advocates are disappointed the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Service continues to ban gay & bi men and some trans folks from blood donation despite Lifeblood’s support for ending the ban on people who lived in the UK in the 1980s and 90s. A blood donor shortage due to the current Covid wave has prompted […]
Tags: blood, just.equal australia, lifeblood, Red Cross, Rodney Croome, TGA
2 Feb 2022 |
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Just.Equal Australia have renewed their calls for gay & bi men and trans folks to be able to give blood as donations drop due to Covid-19. The Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Service has appealed for 3,200 more donors as the latest Covid-19 wave sees an increase in existing donors who are infected and self-isolating. Currently, […]
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20 Jan 2022 |
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Australian LGBTIQ+ advocacy group just.equal have welcomed the UK’s decision to lift the ban on gay and bi+ male blood donors, and call for action at home. This week the UK Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs made the recommendation that all donors be assessed for individual risk, rather than exclude […]
Tags: blood, blood donation, just.equal, Rodney Croome, UK
15 Dec 2020 |
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LGBTIQ equality advocates continue to push for Australia’s federal, state and territory governments to lift the celibacy requirement for gay, bisexual and transgender people who want to give blood. National advocacy group, just.equal, has written to all Australia’s health ministers asking how they responded to the proposal made by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in […]
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16 Nov 2020 |
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Western Australian Health Minister Roger Cook has confirmed to OUTinPerth that he has asked the WA Health Department to review the waiting times for gay and bisexual men to donate blood. “The McGowan Government pursues excellence in care across all treatment disciplines, and for all members of the community. I have asked the Department of […]
Tags: Bisexual, blood, blood donation, gay, Health, just.equal, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, queer, Red Cross, Roger Cook, TGA, transgender
17 May 2020 |
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Advocates have highlighted the results of a new study which shows many gay & bisexual men (GBM) who are seeking to give blood choose not to, rather than abstaining from sexual contact for 12 months. The study, funded by the Australian Research Council and published in Transfusion peer-reviewed journal, concluded that there is a “high level of […]
Tags: Bisexual, blood, gay, just.equal, Rodney Croome
8 May 2020 |
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LGBTIQ+ advocates have launched a new campaign that hopes to remove the historic ban on gay and transgender people donating blood. Just.equal and PFLAG are encouraging supporters of a non-discriminatory blood policy to write to Australia’s health ministers who are currently considering changes to existing blood donation policy. Just.equal spokesperson, Rodney Croome, says the current […]
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7 May 2020 |
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Australian LGBTIQ+ advocates continue to urge the government to lift the ban on blood donations for men who have sex with men, asking to shift the focus from gay sex to unsafe sex. The Australian Red Cross’ blood service Lifeblood has announced the blood donation governing body, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, has agreed to reduce […]
Tags: blood, COVID-19, HIV, TGA
15 Apr 2020 |
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