AIDS
Kerry speaks out: Don't discriminate in giving blood
By rsiasoco - 3/4/10 - 3:30 pmI can only shake my head when I see those white posters with the iconic red crosses at the campus where I work.
Give blood? Sure.
Except that my blood is not the right kind of blood. My donation, after completing the form in which I am asked point-blank about my sex life, will be summarily thrown away–despite the fact that this blood could save another life.
Senator John Kerry wrote an eloquent, reasoned editorial calling for an end to this discriminatory practice in Boston’s local gay newspaper, Bay Windows. The distinguished statesman from my home state debunks the reasons that gay men are legally banned from donating blood in the United States.
Among the reasoned arguments:
Attention New York Times
By adamg - 1/16/08 - 3:17 pmMichael at the AIDS Action Committee writes:
Hello, New York Times ... HIV isn't making an alarming comeback; it has never gone away. It never stopped infecting and affecting our communities. It never stopped taking our friends and loved ones. What happened is that HIV has moved from the front pages of our newspapers, from the screens of our televisions, and from the forefront of many minds, and ultimately from the pens of funders. ...
