GAY MEN STILL EXCLUDED FROM DONATING BLOOD
It has emerged that gay men continue to be excluded from donating blood in South Africa, even though the SA National Blood Service (SANBS) has been forced to alter its exclusions on the basis of colour by the government.
The ban applies specifically to sexually active gay men. According to SANBS spokesperson Ianthe Exall, “A man who has had sex with another man within the last five years, whether oral or anal sex, with or without a condom or other form of protection, is not permitted to donate blood and must please not do so.”
She said that this was international practice as studies have shown that men who have sex with men have an increased risk of HIV infection and blood-related diseases even though the majority of HIV infections in South Africa are among heterosexuals.
“Even though the blood services tests every blood donation for certain infectious diseases, no test available can detect every infectious blood donation,” she added. She also called on gay men to ignore requests by SANBS to donate blood.
In 2004, SANBS came under fire from the government and the health department after it was revealed that blood from black donors was often discarded. After negotiations with the government, SANBS agreed that race would no longer be used to determine the level of risk in donated blood.
no gay blood???. Well, they’ll just have to do without our blood. They also must not expect any pink money!
When you fill-in your form, why don’t you just deny your homosexuality?
Gay Blood. Well lets start our own blood donating organisation…
Named the pink blood, F&*K South Africa and there blood
DO WE NEED THEM, Ons is susters wat saam staan
Gay Blood. Well lets start our own blood donating organisation…
Named the pink blood, F&*K South Africa and there blood
DO WE NEED THEM, Ons is susters wat saam staan
dont want it ?? leave it !!. Well , if they don’t want our Blood , just let them die then , but just in case : I think that OUR Blood is safer than the Blood of many so-called straight South Africans anyway . And I agree , if “whoever ” calls us for Donations of Money , Let’s ignore that too, “they” don’t need our Money !!!
What nonsense. Heterosexual black women between the ages of 15 and 33 have the highest rate of infection in South Africa. How come the SANBS doesn’t exclude those ladies?
To quote the article on the SANBS statement, “this was international practice as studies have shown that men who have sex with men have an increased risk of HIV infection”. What dribble!!
Firstly, to say that it is international practice is as illogical a reason as jumping off a cliff because everybody else does. Secondly, men who have sex with men do indeed have an increased risk, but then again so do men who have sex with women. HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. Anybody who is sexually active has an increased risk of acquiring it.
My theory is the HIV thing is a smoke-screan. What century do the SANBS workers live in. Don’t they know that homosexuality is not contageous.
29TDjz As I have expected, the writer blurted out!!!