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SLO County LGBTQ+ Pride Center hosts first-ever blood drive. ‘It’s exciting and emotional’
In high school, Daniel Gomez signed up to donate blood alongside his classmates — and he decided to disclose his sexuality on a medical form for the first time.
At the time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had banned gay and bisexual men from donating blood, so Gomez was turned away.
“I didn’t know that was a rule,” he said. “I was kind of heartbroken, but also, like, mortified.”
In 2015, the FDA repealed the ban with some caveats, and in 2023, the FDA established new screening rules that applied to all donors regardless of their gender and sexuality — making it easier for gay and bisexual men to give blood.
When the nonprofit Vitalant reached out to the San Luis Obispo County Gala Pride and Diversity Center to ask if they would host a blood drive, Gomez immediately volunteered to organize the event.
He was thrilled to share the new opportunity with the LGBTQ+ community, especially understanding that many of them had likely never had the chance to donate before, he said.
“I really knew the importance of the change,” Gomez said. “I think it’s exciting and emotional for a lot of us who have lived in a time where being gay wasn’t 100% accepted. I’m only 38, and I feel like even in my lifetime, it’s crazy to see the difference.”
On July 6, Vitalant and the Gala Pride and Diversity Center hosted the first-ever blood drive at its San Luis Obispo headquarters.
Vitalant collected 15 pints of blood, which could save up to 30 lives, Gomez said.
“I think its exciting for people to be able to help their community,” he said. “It was a really exciting thing to have men come in for the first time in their life — older men come in for their first time in their life — with excitement and donate.”
The FDA repealed the ban in 2015, and instead required gay and bisexual men to wait one year after having sex to donate blood. In 2020, the FDA shortened the abstinence period to 90 days.
Gomez said these rules were fueled by fears attached attached to HIV and AIDS.
“In the ‘80s, the AIDS crisis put this stigma on gay and bisexual men,” Gomez said.
In May 2023, the FDA updated its rules for donating blood yet again. Now, all blood donors regardless of their gender and sexuality are screened for HIV risk in the same way.
Every prospective donor completes a set of questions about their health and sexual habits before giving blood.
As of May 2023, any donor who had anal sex with a new partner during the previous 90 days could not give blood. Meanwhile, people in monogamous sexual relationships of any kind are allowed to donate blood. Additionally, people taking the HIV-prevention medication Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, or PrEP, cannot donate their blood.
The goal of these rules is to protect the health of the donor and the safety of the blood supply, Vitalant spokesperson Kevin Adler said. All blood is tested for HIV before its distributed, he said.
Vitalant advocated for the rule change by participating in the Advance Study, which tested the new blood donor rules before the FDA adopted them, Adler said.
“The more people who donate blood, the more lives you save on the other end,” he said. “We are thrilled to have Gala support blood donation and host blood drives. We look forward to many more in the future.”
Gomez said the new rules combat the stigma around AIDS and the LGBTQ+ community.
“It’s just a big step forward in eliminating the stigma of like, ‘only gay men have AIDS,’ which we know is obviously not true,” Gomez said.
Atascadero resident Thom Waldman, 63, donated blood for the first time at the Pride Center.
“I was just happy to be able to do it,” Waldman. “It just felt good to be surrounded by my community, and we’re taking a step forward instead of a step back. It’s the little wins that we have to take in our stride.”
At the time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had banned gay and bisexual men from donating blood, so Gomez was turned away.
“I didn’t know that was a rule,” he said. “I was kind of heartbroken, but also, like, mortified.”
In 2015, the FDA repealed the ban with some caveats, and in 2023, the FDA established new screening rules that applied to all donors regardless of their gender and sexuality — making it easier for gay and bisexual men to give blood.
When the nonprofit Vitalant reached out to the San Luis Obispo County Gala Pride and Diversity Center to ask if they would host a blood drive, Gomez immediately volunteered to organize the event.
He was thrilled to share the new opportunity with the LGBTQ+ community, especially understanding that many of them had likely never had the chance to donate before, he said.
“I really knew the importance of the change,” Gomez said. “I think it’s exciting and emotional for a lot of us who have lived in a time where being gay wasn’t 100% accepted. I’m only 38, and I feel like even in my lifetime, it’s crazy to see the difference.”
On July 6, Vitalant and the Gala Pride and Diversity Center hosted the first-ever blood drive at its San Luis Obispo headquarters.
Vitalant collected 15 pints of blood, which could save up to 30 lives, Gomez said.
“I think its exciting for people to be able to help their community,” he said. “It was a really exciting thing to have men come in for the first time in their life — older men come in for their first time in their life — with excitement and donate.”
FDA changes rules for donating blood
In 1985, during the heat of the AIDS epidemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned gay and bisexual men from donating blood, according to the American Medical Association.The FDA repealed the ban in 2015, and instead required gay and bisexual men to wait one year after having sex to donate blood. In 2020, the FDA shortened the abstinence period to 90 days.
Gomez said these rules were fueled by fears attached attached to HIV and AIDS.
“In the ‘80s, the AIDS crisis put this stigma on gay and bisexual men,” Gomez said.
In May 2023, the FDA updated its rules for donating blood yet again. Now, all blood donors regardless of their gender and sexuality are screened for HIV risk in the same way.
Every prospective donor completes a set of questions about their health and sexual habits before giving blood.
As of May 2023, any donor who had anal sex with a new partner during the previous 90 days could not give blood. Meanwhile, people in monogamous sexual relationships of any kind are allowed to donate blood. Additionally, people taking the HIV-prevention medication Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, or PrEP, cannot donate their blood.
The goal of these rules is to protect the health of the donor and the safety of the blood supply, Vitalant spokesperson Kevin Adler said. All blood is tested for HIV before its distributed, he said.
Vitalant advocated for the rule change by participating in the Advance Study, which tested the new blood donor rules before the FDA adopted them, Adler said.
“The more people who donate blood, the more lives you save on the other end,” he said. “We are thrilled to have Gala support blood donation and host blood drives. We look forward to many more in the future.”
Gomez said the new rules combat the stigma around AIDS and the LGBTQ+ community.
“It’s just a big step forward in eliminating the stigma of like, ‘only gay men have AIDS,’ which we know is obviously not true,” Gomez said.
Atascadero resident Thom Waldman, 63, donated blood for the first time at the Pride Center.
“I was just happy to be able to do it,” Waldman. “It just felt good to be surrounded by my community, and we’re taking a step forward instead of a step back. It’s the little wins that we have to take in our stride.”
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What a stupid spic. Fags disproportionately have bloodborne illnesses such as AIDS or hepatitis. They don't even know what the fuck they're talking about.
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they do, they just lie.
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But, serious question, if you were in a totally bad accident and you needed a transfusion, and the nearest blood bank had donos from San Fran, what are you doing?
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I'll be wondering why the fuck I was ever near San Francisco in the first place.
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I have a need to share this shit with people. How the hell can you download a video from the farms on an iPhone faggotry-like? On PC there’s a download button.
Fuck em you can press and hold and download the attachment from a quote
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The spittle hanging from her lips… what a repulsive weirdo. I know I’ve seen her before, I thought she was maybe a retransitioner (ie super-mega-inexorably nuts, beyond regular crazy) but I’m doing a shit job of finding things right now. Her previous handles were Birdy Rose/Aurora Bird. Since there’s some other lady calling herself “The Famous Artist Birdy Rose”
who has definitely done a fair bit of detranny shit, it makes it harder to find things. I can’t tell if TikTok is giving real hits for “Azlan T Bird/Birdie Rose detrans/retrans” but it seems that’s where most of her insanity is. Here’s links to two posts on the farms about this person though if anyone else is interested. She’s something else.
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You're probably not getting the blood you need because blood banks do batch testing where they withdrawal a small sample from each unit and then test the whole thing and if it comes up with GRIDS (or other bloodborn pathogen) they chuck them all. Or at least they used to, being willing to take blood from fags may have changed how they have to test blood.
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So this could theoretically result in a decrease in usable blood donations? That's really fucked up. All because some delusional narcissists need to pretend they're just like everyone else (they're not).
Ministry of Shady Links
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Is this too degenerate for a Reddit-segment?
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So hypothetically if I got my camping blog video where I go hang out in the woods with a bolt action rifle sponsored by Cabela’s I could not make the argument that Cabela’s isn’t actually a gun or ammunition business but a hunting business?
I feel like this will just result in companies saying something like “We’re not a firearms business, we’re a tactical supply company who also sells some gun stuff.” Like what you’re gonna block the company that sells back packs from sponsoring someone because they also sell a gun sling?
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I like that 99% of pooners (and a good chunk of trooners) are usually in financial and psychological peril and make their livelihood from pride stickers and still have the attitude of "yeah I should turn myself into a permanent medical patient and alienate every normal person".
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A black man imprints unconscious bias on a Danish baby by screaming at it for no reason. Black man is the victim.
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brad taste in music had a discord server mutiny, brad has also unlisted all his youtube videos as a result
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If it hasn't been suggested already, the peppermint swirl stuff
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Musashi's Son
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Here is some retarded Tipster and Keffals takes:
Clips from the recent Lucas stream:
He makes a joke about his gofundme fraud
He addresses his gofundme fraud when a chatter asks about it.
He wants to build a positive community.
More clips here.