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Same here, but I am not opposed to it.No, never have before honestly.
I also am unsure if I am able to. I know some conditions will disqualify you.Same here, but I am not opposed to it.
I also am unsure if I am able to. I know some conditions will disqualify you.
I hate that people can be excluded for being gay. So ridiculously wrong!Being gay it automatically excludes me. There were petitions in New Zealand to widen the eligibility but nothing has changed yet.
They probably think the gays are going to have some sort of weird disease....I hate that people can be excluded for being gay. So ridiculously wrong!
Yeah, that old fashioned mindset that just being gay means you're automatically going to catch something. Meanwhile some asshole guys are out there screwing everything that moves and spreading diseases like wildfire and no one is offended because at least he's sleeping with women. The mindset needs to change.They probably think the gays are going to have some sort of weird disease....
Welcome to the club.because I'm an extremely "hard poke".
They probably think the gays are going to have some sort of weird disease....
Yeah, that old fashioned mindset that just being gay means you're automatically going to catch something. Meanwhile some asshole guys are out there screwing everything that moves and spreading diseases like wildfire and no one is offended because at least he's sleeping with women. The mindset needs to change.
100% agreed, literally anyone can spread disease, it's not limited to sexual preference. The ignorance of some is terrifying.Agreed, people of any sexual preference can potentially donate diseased blood.
I have a male partner but I am probably least likely to bring in a disease because we are monogamous and haven't been with anyone else in well over a decade. I've done STD tests in the past and I am clean.
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100% agreed, literally anyone can spread disease, it's not limited to sexual preference. The ignorance of some is terrifying.
Absolutely! Time to get with the current era...then again, given what we're seeing introduced as legislation these days, getting with the times is near impossible for some.Indeed. I am sure these rules for donating blood are leftover from the 80s but its 2023 now. Time to update them!
Absolutely! Time to get with the current era...then again, given what we're seeing introduced as legislation these days, getting with the times is near impossible for some.
I did at one point, but I'm indifferent these days. They don't want my blood, they can't have it.Thats true. Also I don't even want to donate blood in the first place so this isn't a hill to die on for me.![]()