We can get a joint bank account, a car or a mortgage. We love and we provide, we contribute. We want to contribute our blood, even if we are negative of Hepatitis and HIV, we're still discriminated against.
We are gay men, we are bi-men and we are straight men. We love man, we want to help. But herein lies the problem we have had sexual contact with another man, even if 20 years ago, we can't donate. Even if we only tried it once, we can't donate. Unfair? We think so. We support NUS UK's Donation, not Discrimination campaign. We are the Aberdeen University Student Association.
Join this petition to show your support to amendment of the Blood Ban in the UK. If you are a gay man and haven't had sex with another man, please donate. If you are able to give blood, please donate. Many gay men would love to be able to help but can't due to criteria. Save a life. Give blood.
Visit: www.blood.co.uk
For more information on Donation not discrimination visit: http://www.nus.org.uk/Campaigns/LGBT/Donation-not-discrimination1/
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October 28, 2010
Seeing this momentum take off is just honestly surreal and I keep checking the page because I genuinely did not expect this level of response so fast. It feels like people are finally starting to listen to how outdated these rules actually are and that keeps me going even when the emails get piling up and my coffee is long cold.
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Ridiculous that this is still a thing in 2017. Testing tech is way past these outdated rules. Let people help.
My partner has been turned away for this and it’s honestly insulting. Blood is blood regardless of who he loves.
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We can get a joint bank account, a car or a mortgage. We love and we provide, we contribute. We want to contribute our blood, even if we are negative of Hepatitis and HIV, we're still discriminated against.
We are gay men, we are bi-men and we are straight men. We love man, we want to help. But herein lies the problem we have had sexual contact with another man, even if 20 years ago, we can't donate. Even if we only tried it once, we can't donate. Unfair? We think so. We support NUS UK's Donation, not Discrimination campaign. We are the Aberdeen University Student Association.
Join this petition to show your support to amendment of the Blood Ban in the UK. If you are a gay man and haven't had sex with another man, please donate. If you are able to give blood, please donate. Many gay men would love to be able to help but can't due to criteria. Save a life. Give blood.
Visit: www.blood.co.uk
For more information on Donation not discrimination visit: http://www.nus.org.uk/Campaigns/LGBT/Donation-not-discrimination1/
Updates
October 28, 2010
Seeing this momentum take off is just honestly surreal and I keep checking the page because I genuinely did not expect this level of response so fast. It feels like people are finally starting to listen to how outdated these rules actually are and that keeps me going even when the emails get piling up and my coffee is long cold.
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We need all the donations we can get. Why throw away perfectly good blood because of biased policies? Change it now.
Ridiculous that this is still a thing in 2017. Testing tech is way past these outdated rules. Let people help.
My partner has been turned away for this and it’s honestly insulting. Blood is blood regardless of who he loves.
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We need all the donations we can get. Why throw away perfectly good blood because of biased policies? Change it now.