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Since Wednesday March 16, all French people can give blood without exception, regardless of their sexual orientation, which was not yet the case for homosexual men.
They’ve been waiting for this for years: be able to donate blood like anyone else. From Wednesday March 16, a homosexual donor is considered everywhere in France, like any other donor. There is no longer any restriction or mention of sexual orientation on the questionnaire. And it was time for those other donors to treat everyone the same. “I think we should not put barriers to people who want to help and save a life”said a woman.
Deprived of the right to give blood in 1983, in the midst of the explosion of the AIDS epidemic, homosexual men were then considered to be at risk. It was only in 2016 that the possibility was again offered to them, but with the obligation to respect a period of sexual abstinence. Discriminating and hypocritical for the whole community. As of Wednesday, only exception: preventive homosexuals against HIV. They will only be able to donate blood four months after stopping treatment.
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