Why were they not allowed?
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because 30 years ago gay men were the largest population of HIV/AIDS carriers and it took weeks/hi cost for test
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it is now completely irreverent and a longstanding homophobic policy in the US (AAm women are highest carriers now)
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according to oneblood this is not truehttps://twitter.com/my1blood/status/742035796824186880 …
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why were they stopped from giving blood?
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they weren't allowed earlier?
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@Jessifer A ray of light in the midst of this darkness -
sadly had to delete because it appears to not be true. :(https://twitter.com/jessifer/status/742044720784941056 …
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I share your positive energy and optimism, one day, with the help of science, this too will change
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@brittbellgardt and why the hell not, how is that even a question...! in general and in this situation especially. -
there's a federal ban in effect since the 80s stating men who have had sex w/men cannot donate blood. It's absolutely ridiculous.
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like, if you're a woman who's had 5,000 sex partners & unprotected sex with all of them - go on and donate all the blood you want.
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but if youre a man who's had 1 sex partner & in a monogamous relationship - if that partner happens to be a man you cannot donate.
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craziness. and how do they know/ check anyway..?
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exactly. It's a form that's so embarrassingly outdated. Meanwhile there are millions of totally healthy gay men willing to donate.
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i bet that form doesn't ask if you're a man who has banged dozens of women without protection.
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