Articles about Blood Ban

9 May 2013
Comment: British LGBT rights under threat from Unionism 5 Paul Hagan-Rae writes that the Unionist leadership in Northern Ireland is holding the country back when it comes to progressing with LGBT rights.
12 April 2013
Northern Ireland: Health minister ordered to release gay blood ban advice 15 Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots has been ordered to release advice from the country’s attorney general, which he used to justify a lifetime ban on gay men giving blood.
13 February 2013
Comment: How I abstained from gay sex for a year in order to give blood 61 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Calum McSwiggan tells the story of how he abstained from gay sex for a year in order to legally give blood.
18 October 2012
Northern Ireland Health minister to challenge gay adoption ruling 35 Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots has announced he will challenge a landmark ruling to overturn the ban that prevents gay couples in civil partnerships from adopting in the country.
3 October 2012
Comment: The gay rights debate should avoid political point scoring 28 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, David Skelton, the deputy director of the influential Policy Exchange think-tank argues that discussion on LGBT issues should avoid descending into “party political tribalism”.
11 September 2012
Comment: Homophobia is still a blight on our society 6 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk Gary Spedding says the number of anti-gay incidents in Northern Ireland shows more needs to be done to tackle homophobia in society.
3 August 2012
Comment: The need to reform gay blood donation is as pressing as ever 22 Chris Ward led a campaign within the Liberal Democrats to end the ban on men who had had sex with men donating blood.
8 July 2012
China lifts ban on lesbians donating blood 1 Lesbians in China can now legally give blood - although the ban on sexually active gay and bisexual men remains.
15 June 2012
French blood donation ban for gay men to be lifted ‘in coming months’ 57 The ban on the donation of blood by men who have sex with men in France is due to be lifted 'in the coming months'.
5 August 2011
Petition calls for end of gay blood donation ban 40 A petition has been set up on the government's new e-petitions website to call for the end of the blood donation ban for men who have had gay sex.
13 April 2011
Peter Tatchell: Ten-year gay blood ban is unjustified 40 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says that replacing the blanket ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood with a ten-year ban is unjustified and most can safely become donors.
10 April 2011
Gay blood donation ban to be lifted for men who haven’t had sex for 10 years 357 The government is to lift the ban on gay men giving blood, ruling that a blanket ban is discriminatory and could be in breach of the Equality Act.
26 May 2010
Canadian researchers argue for lifting of blood ban for gay men 9 A team of investigators in the online edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal has argued that the lifetime ban on gay men giving blood should be replaced with a deferral for those who have been in a stable, monogamous relationship for at least one year.

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