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Taking On Gay Blood Ban…

By Andrew Belonsky July 17, 2008 at 11:07am · 7 comments

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Maine-based activists produced this “no faggots allowed” poster to highlight the American Red Cross’ ban on gay blood donors.

[via Towleroad]

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  • Turyn

    As I posted on Towleroad, the American Red Cross isn’t at fault here. To my knowledge, they legally cannot accept blood from sexually active gay donors because of the Food and Drug Administration’s policy. The Red Cross has been trying to get this policy changed, so these posters seem to be attacking the wrong group here…

    See article here: http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories06/march/0317062.htm

    July 17, 2008 at 11:07am
  • hells kitchen guy

    ^^^ Don’t agree. It’s not targeting the Red Cross, but the policy. I think it’s neat.

    July 17, 2008 at 11:07am
  • mark

    There would be NO BLOOD donated if every at risk group was banned from donating.

    we are all at risk

    July 17, 2008 at 12:07pm
  • seitan-on-a-stick

    I thought it was an ad for Andrew Christian underwear. Doh!

    July 17, 2008 at 1:07pm
  • David Hauslaib, Queerty

    Perhaps we should be criticizing the Red Cross for its failure to properly screen the blood that it does accept, and then traffics to patients through transfusions:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/us/17cross.html?scp=1&sq=red%20cross&st=cse

    July 17, 2008 at 3:07pm
  • Andy Peters

    David’s right. The policy, whether mandated by the FDA or not, needs to go but its presence doesn’t negate the fact that their inadequate screening process allows them to accept tainted blood.

    July 17, 2008 at 4:07pm
  • CitizenGeek

    The ban obviously doesn’t make sense any more and it’s clearly being kept in place by homophobic and ignorant people. Even Russia has lifted the ban, and Russia certainly didn’t do it because they were worried about gay men’s feelings, they done it because it made sense.

    July 17, 2008 at 7:07pm

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