Talk:Men who have sex with men blood donor controversy in the United Kingdom

Hey
This is an article I'd like to help with. What do you need? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdamCaputo (talk • contribs) 17:08, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Well it ain't for me to boss people around or anything but a section on the recent changes allowing MSM who have not had sex in a year to donate would be helpful Quickbeam44 (talk) 18:47, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I threw some content in from the bbc article on the subject. More later I think — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdamCaputo (talk • contribs) 17:24, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Would it be sensible to lose the 'arguments for' and against? I'm not sure they are unique to the UK and are covered in the main article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdamCaputo (talk • contribs) 17:50, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * reduced, and I also added content from the Independent and Stonewall. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdamCaputo (talk • contribs) 20:21, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Inconsistencies in policy
I recently renewed my drivers licence and ticked the organ donation section. I had a letter this morning from the NHS Blood and Transplant department in Bristol and thought I should call and clarify, as, in addition to being a gay man, I had Hepatitis B about 20 years ago and Malaria about 5 years ago (both fully cured). After some questions and (apparently) careful checks of the situation, the helpful and friendly woman I spoke to clarified that there are no restrictions with regard my being an organ donor, (the only restrictions are on someone with a CJD diagnosis) but if I've had sex within the last year I cannot donate blood. This seems hugely inconsistent. If there is a disease risk from my blood, why not from my organs? I believe this matter is worthy of a mention in the main article.Adagio67 (talk) 09:45, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Move page
Hey, I think we should move the page to "Men who have sex with men blood donor controversy in the United Kingdom" for the same reasons the main article was moved. --Prcc27 (talk) 21:43, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

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