Trans Women can Donate Blood, While Restrictions Remain for Gay and Bisexual men.
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With the Red Cross declaring it’s first ever Blood Crisis, it is time to get rid of the donation restrictions on gay and bisexual men. Currently gay and bisexual men that have had sex with a man in the last three months cant donating blood in the US. This rule also applies to trans men (a female who lives as a man), but it doesn’t apply to Trans women (a male who lives as a woman). The criteria: Self Identification. As long as you identify as a woman, it is so according to the Red Cross. So, the question remains, why is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still using this homophobic restriction against gay men?
Trans Women can Donate Blood, While Restrictions Remain for Gay and Bisexual men.
Trans Women can Donate Blood, While…
Trans Women can Donate Blood, While Restrictions Remain for Gay and Bisexual men.
With the Red Cross declaring it’s first ever Blood Crisis, it is time to get rid of the donation restrictions on gay and bisexual men. Currently gay and bisexual men that have had sex with a man in the last three months cant donating blood in the US. This rule also applies to trans men (a female who lives as a man), but it doesn’t apply to Trans women (a male who lives as a woman). The criteria: Self Identification. As long as you identify as a woman, it is so according to the Red Cross. So, the question remains, why is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still using this homophobic restriction against gay men?