Rejected petition Remove the three months celibacy rule on gay men for blood donation

For years, gay men have been unable to donate blood due to the twelve month celibacy rule, this rule has recently changed to a three month celibacy rule, although this is improvement in equality this is not required of heterosexual people and is a way of remaining inequality in the gay community.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200508

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Date submitted 14 January 2018
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