Nathan Schaefer, director of public policy for GMHC, and Mark Skinner, president of the World Federation of Hemophilia, discuss advocacy efforts to revise blood donation guidelines for gay men.
Nathan Schaefer, director of public policy for GMHC, and Mark Skinner, president of the World Federation of Hemophilia, discuss advocacy efforts to revise blood donation guidelines for gay men.
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Kim: When HIV is spread sexually, it's in the semen. That's not an issue with lesbians.
To clarify: There isn't a blood screening test to prove that I am not a carrier of "mad cow" disease, just b/c I ate meat in Germany in the 80s.
Is there anything current blood donors can do to support changing the policy?
I am not a gay man, but I am not allowed to donate blood either. I lived in Germany in the 80s and I am no longer allowed to donate b/c of "mad cow" disease.
Why are lesbians not ever mentioned in these discussions?
what's the big deal?
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