Hey Guys!
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At school today, the blood drive came back again like it does every year. Every year I have been denied. Sophomore year I got denied because I had gone to a area of Belize where there was risk to exposure of West Nile. So I tried back Junior year, they extended the period of how long after being possibly exposed to West Nile they would allow. This year I naturally grabbed the sheet, but besides being unable to donate due to my finger and stitches I noticed something I had actually heard about.
The American Red Cross explicitly doesn’t allow gay people to donate. Their rationale is that gay people have a higher risk of being exposed to HIV. Valid point, however the Red Cross and FDA act in a very one sided manner.
If a straight person has sex with a HIV positive they only have to wait a year before they are cleared to donate. Very hypocritical. And the Red Cross and FDA claim all these assertions in that they are “about blood safety.” So one can act very homophobically and discriminatory if they claim they are doing these things for the safety of the people.
I’ve always wanted to donate blood. I find it unfair that the signs for the blood drive say “you can save 3 people with your donation” when really it says “you can save 3 people with your donation, except gays.”
I guess I’ll have to save a life somehow without the help of the FDA or Red Cross. If any of you guys are interested, here’s the article I got my info from.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37599992/ns/health-aids/t/ban-gay-blood-donors-upheld/#.TpydnHOCTXQ
Anyway here’s a song I’ve really gotten into because of a certain someone:)
the transpiration of andrew 