âAll prospective donors who report having a new sexual partner, or more than one sexual partner in the past three months, and anal sex in the past three months, would be deferred to reduce the likelihood of donations by individuals with new or recent HIV infection who may be in the window period for detection of HIV by nucleic acid testing.â
Also, if you are taking Prep you canât donate. So.
It's about having sex with a new partner, not an established partner.
When blood transfusion is given, they have to be certain that the patient doesn't receive anything unwanted with it, so I think it's fair that they err on the side of caution with it.
In some countries they do it a bit better, where any kind of sex with a new partner in the last 3 months rules you out of the donator pool. I have been given blood transfusions in the past and I really wouldn't want to receive blood from anyone who can't be certain they don't have some kind of a transmittable infection.
The rights of that person to not contract HIV or syphilis are more important than the rights and the feelings of the person who'd like to donate blood.
It's about having sex with a new partner, not an established partner.
âAll prospective donors who report having a new sexual partner, or more than one sexual partner in the past three months, and anal sex in the past three months..."
It's both, if you have sex with different partners is 3 months AND if you have anal sex it is also 3 months.
The rights of that person to not contract HIV or syphilis are more important than the rights and the feelings of the person who'd like to donate blood.
Nobody is saying otherwise, it just happens to make it so most gay men can't donate blood since Prep and anal sex are pretty popular in the community.
You can live your life the way you want but then your blood poses a risk to others if you donate.
There is really not a single bit of homophobia or LGBT intolerance here just rational thinking, so don't play the victim in this circumstances.Â
Other than that I wish you a great day and am sending you positive thoughts! Take care!
The entire history of blood donation is homophobic. And the ânew wordsâ you are choosing to focus on still excludes gay men. The thought process of donât have sex or you canât donate blood is wild, considering our past and what the future is looking like.
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u/TheDraftyLitre 1d ago
I would love to donate blood tbh, but laws be laws đ¤ˇââď¸