Submitted on Friday 13th March 2015
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give Gay Men the Right to Donate Blood
Today, I visited a blood donor centre where as a gay man, I was unable to donate because I have had sexual contact within last 12 months. How ludicrous. A gay man in a committed relationship will also be unable to give blood as "gays are statistically at higher risk of being infected by HIV" ever thought that this could be because there is a lower population of gay men than heterosexual? A heterosexual person can go on a "lively holiday" and have sexual contact on various occasions than come home and donate blood.. But a committed homosexual can't. This needs sorting, and now. It's discrimination. Straight people can contract HIV too.
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