Tag: blood donation
Petition Launched to End Gay Blood Ban In Australia
A new petition has been launched in Australia with the aim of ending the nation’s current ban on gay men donating blood within 12 months. Ky Ruprecht who is a medical student from Canberra launched the petition titled #AllOurBlood on Change.org, highlighting the current restrictions put in place and upheld by the Australian Red Cross,
After Deadly Las Vegas Shooting, Gay And Bisexual Men Not Allowed To Donate Blood
59 people died, and at least 527 more were injured, in the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
Yesterday, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock was identified as the gunman who fired a spray of bullets onto the crowd of an open-air country music festival on the Las Vegas strip, from the 32nd floor window of his Mandalay Bay Hotel room.
But in the wake of the horrifying massacre, Las Vegas residents have shown their resolve, and have banded together to raise money for...
Meet the gay man who had no sex for a year to donate blood
'It shouldn’t be a big deal that I gave blood this week, but it is'
21-year-old Jay Franzone abstained from sex for a year to able to donate blood.
Franzone was finally able to donate blood this week after not having sex of any kind with another man for a year.
‘IT shouldn’t be a big deal that I gave blood this week, but it is. To do it, I had to give up all forms of sex for a year. The...
