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End the Gay Blood Ban.Take Action Now
End the Gay Blood Ban.Take Action Now
Tell our Health Ministers to end the gay blood ban and allow gay and transgender Australians to give blood.
Currently, sexually-active gay and bisexual men, and transgender people who have sex with a man, must be celibate for twelve months before they can give blood.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which governs blood donation, wants to reduce that period to three months.
But we believe that still unfairly stigmatises gay and transgender people as a threat to public health.
It is also unlikely to increase the supply of safe blood when, according to the Red Cross, blood shortages are imminent due to the pandemic.
It’s time for Australia to have a blood donation policy that screens potential donors for the safety of their sexual activity, not the gender of their sexual partner.
If you agree, please fill out the Email Action Form on this page to send an email to all of Australia’s health ministers.
They must sign off the TGA three-month proposal before it takes effect.
This is the best opportunity we have had to end the gay and trans blood ban.
For further information:
Why lifting the Australian gay blood ban matters during the pandemic
https://newmatilda.com/2020/04/03/the-bleeding-obvious-allowing-gay-blood-donation-now-will-save-lives/
Americans unite to end that country’s gay blood ban
https://www.glaad.org/blog/fda-revises-its-ban-gay-and-bisexual-men-donating-blood-following-pressure-glaad-medical

This campaign is a partnership of PFLAG and just.equal
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Take Action Now
Tell our Health Ministers to end the gay blood ban and allow gay and transgender Australians to give blood.
Currently, sexually-active gay men and transgender people who have sex with a biological man must be celibate for twelve months before they can give blood.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which governs blood donation, wants to reduce that period to three months.
But we believe that still unfairly stigmatised gay and transgender people as a threat to public health.
It is also unlikely to increase the supply of safe blood when, according to the Red Cross, blood shortages are imminent due to the pandemic.
It’s time for Australia to have a blood donation policy that screens potential donors for the safety of their sexual activity, not the gender of their sexual partner.
If you agree, please fill out the Email Action Form below to send an email to all of Australia’s health ministers.
They must sign off the TGA three-month proposal before it takes effect.
This is the best opportunity we have had to end the gay and trans blood ban.
For further information:
Why lifting the Australian gay blood ban matters during the pandemic
https://newmatilda.com/2020/04/03/the-bleeding-obvious-allowing-gay-blood-donation-now-will-save-lives/
Americans unite to end that country’s gay blood ban
https://www.glaad.org/blog/fda-revises-its-ban-gay-and-bisexual-men-donating-blood-following-pressure-glaad-medical
This campaign is a partnership of PFLAG and just.equal
2871 Emails Sent

How do we use the data you enter?
We will use the data you have entered to keep you informed about the campaign against the ban on sexually-active gay and transgender people giving blood. We may also inform you about other campaigns aimed at preventing discrimination, such as the abolition of the Religious Discrimination Bill.