“Don’t drink the water
There’s blood in the water”
-
Dave Matthews Band
So, Health Canada has given the green light to Canadian
Blood Services to lift their lifetime ban on gay men donating blood. Finally! This policy, first introduced by the
Red Cross in the mid 80’s during the early years of the AIDS crisis, was
archaic and discriminatory and its undoing should be lauded…
Pardon me?
The lifetime ban is being replaced by a new policy? Gay men
are now allowed to donate blood as long as they haven’t had sex with another
man for 5 years prior to donation? Are you fucking kidding me?
Thanks but no thanks.