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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
Blood donation? Are gay people turned away from blood donation centres? Why would that be? Surely 'gay blood' is identical to 'straight blood'.
I really would appreciate some clarification on those points.
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Blood from what is deemed higher risk groups, such as gay men, were there is still a relatively higher incidence of HIV compared with the hetrosexual population in the UK, or intravenous drug users, isn't collected by the Blood Transfusion Service.
All donated blood could be screened and then 'washed', but this is a very expensive procedure, of which our nurse Lettie knows more, and is somewhat of an expert on the matter. The majority of gay men have no problem with this issue, and certainly don't feel discriminated against. I cannot speak for smack heads, but they are probably too out of it to care one way or the other.
