Comments on: Red Cross tactics attacked as gay blood tribunal hears closing submission http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9599.html/ PinkNews.co.uk Gay News (UK and world) from Pink News - all the gay news for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the UK and beyond- thegaynews from Pink News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:49:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Simon Murphy http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9599.html/comment-page-1/#comment-38181 Simon Murphy Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:11:33 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=9599#comment-38181 The ban on gay blood donors is inexcusable. Some people say (rightly) that the prevalence of HIV among gay men as a group makes it more likely that the blood is infected. However they fail to acknowledge that blood donors from sub-Saharan Africa are JUST as likely to be infected. Blood donations from African donors (or people who've had sex with them ) are not banned. Therefore the gay blood ban is obviously homophobic. There's no other reason for the double standard. The ban on gay blood donors is inexcusable. Some people say (rightly) that the prevalence of HIV among gay men as a group makes it more likely that the blood is infected. However they fail to acknowledge that blood donors from sub-Saharan Africa are JUST as likely to be infected. Blood donations from African donors (or people who've had sex with them ) are not banned. Therefore the gay blood ban is obviously homophobic. There's no other reason for the double standard.

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