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Renewed calls for end of bans on gay blood donation

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...

Calls for blood donation equality as end to Mad Cow ban considered

Equality advocates are disappointed the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Service continues to ban gay & bi men and some trans folks from blood donation...

New rules for blood donation start on 31st January, but is it still discriminatory?

From January 31st gay men will be able to donate blood after a three month celibacy period rather than twelve, but advocates say the...

Lifeblood say they can't bring in blood donation reforms earlier than 2021

LGBTIQ+ rights advocates have accused Australia's blood donation service, Lifeblood (formerly the Red Cross Blood Service) of a double standard after it lifted the...

Turkey's President vilifies LGBTIQ+ community in public speech

The President of Turkey has leapt to the defence of the head of the nation's Red Crescent (Red Cross) organisation, doubling down on homophobic...

WA Health considering changing wait times for blood donations

Western Australian Health Minister Roger Cook has confirmed to OUTinPerth that he has asked the WA Health Department to review the waiting times for...

Advocates call on government to lift gay blood donation ban

Australian LGBTIQ+ advocates will today write to the federal government and the Red Cross Blood Service, calling for the removal of a long-standing ban...

LGBTIQ+ advocates direct donations to bushfire fundraising efforts

just.equal has urged LGBTIQ Australians and their families and allies to contribute to any of the many verified bushfire relief funds that have been...

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