Red cross gay blood donation

The Red Cross celebrates our LGBTQ+ blood donors, volunteers, partners and employees during LGBTQ+ History Month, including the history makers who have supported recent changes in blood donor eligibility. More Australians will be able to donate blood and plasma following important changes to sexual activity eligibility rules confirmed by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood today. Current donor rules in Australia prevent many gay and bisexual men and transgender women who have sex with men from giving blood or plasma if they have had sex in the past three months. Lifeblood has been working to make blood and plasma donation more inclusive and accessible to as many people as possible, whilst maintaining the safety of the blood supply.

On May 11, the Food and Drug Administration officially changed its policy allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood as long as they have been monogamous for the previous three months. Visit our health, eligibility and travel section for a full list, or give us a call on to check if you can donate. There are some health, travel and lifestyle reasons that may stop you from being able to donate blood on a temporary basis. If you are a woman under 20 and you weigh under 10st 3lb 65kg or are under 5' 6" cm tall you will need to check you have enough blood to donate safely.

Starting Monday, the Red Cross, the organization that provides about 40% of US blood and blood components, will use a more inclusive risk-based individual assessment to determine whether someone. The new screening process focuses on individual risk factors. For at least a decade, Chris Van Bibber had been prevented from donating blood. The year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah -- who is openly gay -- was restricted due to rules set in place by the U.

Learn about federal regulations related to blood donation by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and Gender non-conforming (LGBTQ+) individuals. Robbie Goldstein donated blood two weeks ago for the first time in his life. Both have devoted their lives to medicine and public service. But until recently Goldstein, the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and Ehrenfeld, the president of the American Medical Association, were barred from perhaps the simplest way they could help.

On May 11, the Food and Drug Administration officially changed its policy allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood as long as they have been monogamous for the previous three months. .

Starting Monday, the Red Cross, the organization that provides about 40% of US blood and blood components, will use a more inclusive risk-based individual assessment to determine whether someone. .