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Didn’t even know people are not allowed to give blood if they are gay

That’s been the thing for years. The HIV scare of the ‘80s prohibited us from donating blood. And they still hold that against us despite the fact that that claim has been debunked over and over again.

the wording on the paperwork is “Are you a man who has had sexual intercourse with a man after 1980” or “Are you a woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man who has had sexual intercourse with another man since 1980” (this was a blood drive at my college where majority of the students werent Alive in 1980.) I donated all the time back when I was a virgin, because o- , but now I’m not allowed to. So a better question for this article is “Why won’t baby boomers let queer people donate blood, even though all the blood gets screened for HIV and aids anyway?” though, theres a lot of room for loopholes in the wording of it

This fucking matters. Bias in medicine is bias that should not exist. Fucking fix it.

This is disgusting

hey trans people can’t give blood either. was banned from a plasma place for having the nerve to show up and be trans. “we don’t serve you people”.

This is one of the reasons why it was painful for a LOT of Queer people after the Pulse shooting. We kept seeing messages calling for blood donations but so many of us can’t donate. We couldn’t even help our own community. 

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Fuckin’ lie on that shit my dudes. 

Hell yeah I’ve had sex with a bi dude but jfc I don’t have any STI’s. They’re testing the blood ANYWAY. They test the shit out of the  blood before they put it in anyone, and they call me regularly to ask for more blood. 

They’re testing for blood for disease and they’ll CALL YOU TO LET YOU KNOW if you have anything and your blood can’t be used. 

“I slept with a guy who once slept with a different guy” is no different than “I slept with two different guys” 

It’s not the sleeping around that’s the problem, it’s the presence of disease. The scare back then made people think gay people were more likely to have HIV and not know it. 

If you know you’re not host to some STI, Just say ‘Fuck naw my blood-suckin dudes, only straighty sex for me!’ and then give your blood and save someone’s life.