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6 August 20128,000 sign year-long petition against restrictions on gay blood donation 10 A petition calling for the government to lift the ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men, which it did partially last year by allowing donations from those who have not done so for a year, has attracted 8,000 signatures. -
3 August 2012Comment: 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.
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15 June 2012French 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'.
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16 April 2012Northern Ireland: Ban on gay men donating blood ‘brings shame’ 21 The current ban on gay men being blood donors is bringing shame to Northern Ireland, student union officials at the annual NUS-USI conference are set to claim. -
10 April 2011Gay 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.
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
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