Submitted on Thursday 26th December 2013
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Equal rights for everybody to give blood
This petition is to make the government aware of the fact that there are gay/bisexual men out there who are in long term committed relationships who are unable to give blood because they have not abstained from sex for 12 months or over.
I Would like there to be a change to this law where heterosexual and homosexual people should be questioned on sexual history before making a pre-judgment that gay/bisexual males are automatically in the highest risk bracket for giving blood.
As a gay man in a committed relationship, with absolutely no risk of disease or infection i think it is ridiculous that we are judged to be a higher risk than a heterosexual man or woman who has had many sexual partners without contraception. I would really love this petition to work out because i am ver passionate about this and i believe it could be the start to a change. Not only to the laws of this country but also to peoples lives
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
Please see: Allow Gay Men to Donate Blood Freely
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