The Hill has removed its comment section, as there are many other forums for readers to participate in the conversation. “The current approach was discriminatory and wrong,” Trudeau said. Speaking to reporters on Thursday about the change to Canada’s blood donation restrictions, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “it’s been a long time coming.” Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first time authorized a condom for anal sex in February. The news follows other recent milestones related to the LGBTQ community, including when France announced it was lifting similar blood donation restrictions beginning in March and when the U.S. Register for free, share as much or as little as youd like and become part of a quickly growing online community. Browse local guys below or select a region you wish to view. AllMale brings men from all over together in new ways. This week: Senate works to confirm Biden picks ahead of break View profiles from all over the world or look for a specific location. Schumer vows votes on background checks, voting rights after break The questions are intended to identify potential blood donors at higher risk of transfusion-transmissible diseases such as HIV. Those who say they have will be required to wait three months before donating. Under the new criteria, all donors will be asked if they have had sex with new or multiple partners in the past three months, and if so, if they’ve had anal sex with any of those partners. “While this eligibility change represents a significant step on our continual journey to build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive national transfusion and transplantation system, we still have considerable work to do to build trust and repair relationships with LGBTQIA+ communities,” Sher said in a statement. Graham Sher, CEO of Canadian Blood Services, hailed the lifting of the ban as the “result of over a decade of work to make participation in Canada’s Lifeline as inclusive as possible.” The sexually active ban was then dropped to one year in 2016 and finally three months in 2019. In 2013, a lifetime donor ban on sexually active gay and bisexual men was reduced to a five-year restriction.
The change will go into effect by the end of September.Ĭanadian Blood Services, which operates in all provinces except Quebec, had requested the change to Health Canada criteria following several other revisions of the ban in recent years. Health Canada will no longer ask men if they have had sex with another man within three months of donating blood, and will instead screen donors of all genders and sexual orientations for high-risk sexual behavior equally, according to a release.
Canadian health authorities on Thursday announced that this fall they will lift a ban on blood donations from men who have sex with other men, making eligibility criteria the same for them as for every other donor.