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[yeji]

I literally saw this posted on Demi‘s insta and felt the need to share. I never knew this was a thing, people never talked openly about this and it‘s shocking how this still is a thing for so many countries. Please read it all.

This needs to end! So much has to change still in society and such bans based on homophobia is uncalled for.​

 

[brekker]

they don´t ask you about your sexuality when donating blood though? well not here and yet the country is still on the list? weird :D
where I live (which is one of the countries on the list) they actually test you before allowing you to donate blood as not everyone is fit to do so.
you should not have any piercings or tattoos as that can contaminate blood and I think they as you if you have any blood-related diseases but otherwise no one talks about your sexuality :D

 

[brekker]

I don´t know about the other countries, so I don´t want to put the list down, but judging by the fact that the country I live in is on the list and it is simply not true at all.... I´d be careful to believe

 

[yeji]

they don´t ask you about your sexuality when donating blood though? well not here and yet the country is still on the list? weird :D
where I live (which is one of the countries on the list) they actually test you before allowing you to donate blood as not everyone is fit to do so.
you should not have any piercings or tattoos as that can contaminate blood and I think they as you if you have any blood-related diseases but otherwise no one talks about your sexuality :D

I was surprised Germany is on the list too.

but I checked articles and apparently it is real:

NPR Cookie Consent and Choices

Which countries prohibit gay or bisexual men from donating blood?

Britain no longer does

www.economist.com

tho changes seem to happen

 

[brekker]

I was surprised Germany is on the list too.

but I checked articles and apparently it is real:

NPR Cookie Consent and Choices

Which countries prohibit gay or bisexual men from donating blood?

Britain no longer does

www.economist.com

tho changes seem to happen

I just don´t understand how can it be on the list if they literally don´t need and don´t ask that information? like maybe there was some sort of idiotic discriminatory act passed in the Middle Ages, but literally no one will ever find out about your sexuality as it is not important?

 

[yeji]

I just don´t understand how can it be on the list if they literally don´t need and don´t ask that information? like maybe there was some sort of idiotic discriminatory act passed in the Middle Ages, but literally no one will ever find out about your sexuality as it is not important?

it is apparently one of the laws or something for donor eligibility. I never have donatef blood so not 100% sure how things even work. I wouldn’t be surprised if acts like that exists considering how there are still laws that make it so much harder for transexuals.

 

[Yili]

I don´t know about the other countries, so I don´t want to put the list down, but judging by the fact that the country I live in is on the list and it is simply not true at all.... I´d be careful to believe

in america it is still a thing to require celibacy from MSM deferred people aka Men who Sleep with Men

LGBTQ Donors

Learn about federal regulations related to blood donation by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and Gender non-conforming (LGBTQ+) individuals.

www.redcrossblood.org

I obviously can't speak for any countries other than mine but the Red Cross in America is the most common location to donate blood here

 

[brekker]

it is apparently one of the laws or something for donor eligibility. I never have donatef blood so not 100% sure how things even work. I wouldn’t be surprised if acts like that exists considering how there are still laws that make it so much harder for transexuals.

literally anyone can donate blood here as long as you are not a junkie :D and don´t have tattoos etc. :D you will get 9 euros for doing so and literally students and homeless people are always crammed there on Fridays :D.
a friend of mine worked in the blood bank and when I asked her whether they need blood etc. she said they only need blood plasma which is hard to get as not many people are healthy enough (I´m also not educated in that area) but from what I have gathered, you have to be very healthy to donate and most people simply aren´t. at that point they literally don´t care about such things as sexuality and plasma is very valuable.
if any country is doing this, they are basically killing their own people? I hope no one is that dumb. let me have faith in humanity :D

 

[blueberries]

It's completely not rooted on science as they are basing it on statistic of sexually transmitted diseases. Still they test the blood so denying someone from donating is extremely dumb when there is dire need of blood. They are looking to lower the amount of months here from 12 to 4, but they should just remove it.

 

[yeji]

It's completely not rooted on science as they are basing it on statistic of sexually transmitted diseases. Still they test the blood so denying someone from donating is extremely dumb when there is dire need of blood. They are looking to lower the amount of months here from 12 to 4, but they should just remove it.

exactly. it is rooted in something else entirely. It doesn’t male sense to keep something like that.