Petition Overturn ban on gay men waiting 12 months after having sex to donate blood.

The government state: You should not donate blood for 12 months after having sex with, a man who has had oral or anal sex with another man. Even thought there is currently a shortage of blood.

My mother had a triple bypass several years ago, it was my wish to repay the blood used.

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The British Government in January said it was considering whether to conduct a study into whether gay or bisexual men in monogamous, same-sex relationships should still have to wait 12 months after having sex to donate blood.

This still does not make sense. It cannot be logical that a gay man practising safe sex with a single partner is banned from giving blood while a straight man having unsafe sex with multiple partners can. There is no logic to this and it is unnecessarily discriminatory.”

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Date closed 24 February 2016
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