Tag: tomas heneghan
Ireland won’t let gay men donate blood. One man wants to change that.
A gay man in Ireland has sued the government to lift a ban on gay men donating blood.
27-year-old Tomás Heneghan has argued that the current regulations by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS), which require gay men to abstain from sex for 12 months before donating, codifies unlawful discrimination against gay men. Heneghan kicked off his lawsuit after doctors refused to allow him to donate blood this past April.
Believe it or not, this isn’t the first time Heneghan has tried...
