13Jul/13

Gay rights advocates call for end to blood donation ban – KGET 17


Kennebec Journal

Gay rights advocates call for end to blood donation ban
KGET 17
BAKERSFIELD, CA – Local gay rights advocates joined a national movement Friday to give homosexual and bisexual men the right to donate blood. They’ve been banned for life to donate since 1983 by the Food and Drug Administration. Demonstrators 
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12Jul/13

Heart transplant recipient makes organ donation her mission – Las Vegas Review-Journal


Las Vegas Review-Journal

Heart transplant recipient makes organ donation her mission
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Back in the hospital, she was put her on the organ donor waiting list. “You have a mixed bag of emotions,” she said. “You need an organ to live, but you know someone’s going to have to die in order for that to happen. I came to the resolve that people

12Jul/13

Gay men protest blood donation ban – kgw.com


Dixie Press Online

Gay men protest blood donation ban
kgw.com
PORTLAND – Protesters around the country Thursday demonstrated against a ban that prohibits gay men from donating blood. In the mid-1980s the FDA banned gay men from giving blood in order to lessen the spread of diseases. The LGBT community has 
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Gay Men Plan Blood Donation ProtestKaiser Health News
Blood donation restrictions, trends; ‘gay ban’ is not the only banDixie Press Online
KCRG –WRTV Indianapolis
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