Tag: donating blood
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Austria to lower hurdles for LGBTQ+ citizens to donate blood
Austria has lifted a de facto ban on LGBTQ+ citizens donating blood, the health ministry announced on Friday.
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Northern Ireland lifting lifetime gay blood ban ‘noted’ by health minister
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will examine the issue and make a recommendation to the Department of Health later this month.
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Blood Ban Fix Continues to Falls Far Short of Acceptable Solution
Today, the Human Rights Campaign, (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, responded to the release of final guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a long-awaited change to the current scientifically unwarranted blood donation ban on gay and bisexual men.
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Northern Ireland minister under fire over ban on gay men giving blood
Edwin Poots says ban on gay and bisexual men giving blood stays in place, despite it being lifted in rest of UK.
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No change to blood rules for gay men
There are no plans to change the rules prohibiting homosexual and bisexual men in Ireland from donating blood, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) has confirmed.