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It's issues like these that really piss me off.
Instead of treating AIDS and HIV as a disease like many other, many blood donor agencies go out of their way to discriminate against any man whose had sex with another man without any proper evidence to back up their claims that they actually pose a higher risk to the national blood supply. In Canada, you're banned from donating blood if you're a male whose had sex with even a single male all the way back to 1977 no matter what your current HIV status may be.
It's a disease folks! Granted a serious one, but still one of many diseases that can kill. As long as the blood agencies properly test the donated blood before distribution (as they should for ALL deadly diseases), the risk factor falls to nearly zero.
Sagum, your generosity to help out those in need is admirable. But if your blood agency wants to discriminate against you for your lifestyle choices no matter how short they actually may be and with absolutely no consideration on their hypothetical outcome, I say fuck 'em!
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