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4 January 2012
Comment: Sex, blood and the status quo 22 While Northern Ireland continues to drag its feet on lifting the lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, recent developments in Great Britain are no great victory, Nine argues.
25 December 2011
The top UK LGBT stories of 2011 24 As 2011 draws to a close, PinkNews.co.uk takes a look back at the most important stories of the last twelve months.
24 October 2011
SNP condemns gay blood ban 51 The Scottish National Party has approved a motion condeming the blood donation ban on gay men.
6 October 2011
Evan Rachel Wood: ‘My bisexuality is real’ 29 Evan Rachel Wood says her bisexuality is "for real".
12 September 2011
Gay campaigners urge Northern Ireland health minister to overturn blood donation ban 2 Gay rights campaigners in Northern Ireland are pressuring health minister Edwin Poots to overturn the lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.
8 September 2011
Peter Tatchell: A 12-month blood donation ban is still unjustified 49 Opinion: Although the new policy is a big improvement on the existing discriminatory rules, a 12-month ban is still excessive and unjustified.
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.
13 January 2011
Obama calls gay Giffords intern a ‘hero’ 18 The openly gay intern credited with saving the life of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been hailed a hero by President Obama.
27 January 2010
Survey finds 3 in 4 gay and bisexual men would donate blood 18 A survey of gay and bisexual men has found that 77 per cent of respondents would donate blood if they were allowed to.
4 January 2010
Gay son prevented from donating blood to dying mother 38 A gay man whose mother died from cancer is calling for a change in the law after he was prevented from donating blood to help her.

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