A more sensible policy on accepting blood from "men who sleep with men" Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/a-more-sensible-policy-on-accepting-blood-from-men-who-sleep-with-men.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:39 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition J Lathwell [Signature #197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13616179?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:22:53 UTC 13616179 Craig Macdonald [Signature #196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8309232?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:09:43 UTC 8309232 Daniel Mehers [Signature #195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8192400?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:54:59 UTC 8192400 Brian Hook [Signature #194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8184344?utm_medium=rss although a straight man I am dismayed by such a blanket and indescriminate ban, we live in the 21st Centuary I would have hoped by now we were past such stupidity.

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]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:49:34 UTC 8184344 Jembly FORD [Signature #193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7628398?utm_medium=rss We want to help GIVE BLOOD
When you go in to a unit to give blood a sample is always taken and then you are advised if you are able to give blood.

In the same way is there absolute no way to test if someone is HIV+.

Being gay and honest your are banned for giving blood. If this blood was sectioned from the gay person until proven is not HIV+ this surely would result in a larger good blood bank rather than waste it..

Many gay people are willing to help this good cause not be dammed.

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 09:46:58 UTC 7628398 Heather McDonald [Signature #192] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7421825?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:42:15 UTC 7421825 James Taylor [Signature #191] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7421565?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:36:17 UTC 7421565 Simon Walker [Signature #190] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7091418?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Mar 2010 04:42:28 UTC 7091418 Michael Garvey [Signature #189] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7091416?utm_medium=rss i think it is is statistically just but i think that if they are going to enforce such a broad ban on people that they should give them the oppurtunity to prove they are clear of HIV. like going to a clinic within a month or so of giving blood. though i do think its terrible that more people could be living now if so many people were not banned

]]> Sat, 6 Mar 2010 04:41:43 UTC 7091416 John MacLennnan [Signature #188] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7091270?utm_medium=rss If the aim is to gain the most blood possible then it is illogical to prevent people from donating blood on basis of *safe* sexual activity. Surly if the blood is tested then any infection be discovered regardless of the sexual activity of the owner.

]]> Sat, 6 Mar 2010 04:04:53 UTC 7091270 Stephen Gierthy [Signature #187] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7091262?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Mar 2010 04:03:00 UTC 7091262 Lexy Marston [Signature #186] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7091149?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Mar 2010 03:37:12 UTC 7091149 Jenny Irvine [Signature #185] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7091128?utm_medium=rss Why are women allowed to have anal sex with a man and then go give blood, but a man who has had any sort of sexual relationship with another man BEFORE the HIV/AIDS epidemic not allowed?

]]> Sat, 6 Mar 2010 03:32:12 UTC 7091128 Samuel Eaton [Signature #184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7052432?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:29:28 UTC 7052432 Anonymous [Signature #183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6891907?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:29:10 UTC 6891907 Tom O'Drisceoil [Signature #182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6711919?utm_medium=rss It is a completely useless policy (given that all blood is tested in any case), and is totally inapproptiate in the current age of (theoretical) social equality. There are plenty of ordinary, healthy gay and bi men who want to help, but are banned from doing so because of their sexuality. I believe it to be unacceptable, and am signing this in the hope that it will help to introduce a fairer practice.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:35:23 UTC 6711919 Luke McGrane [Signature #181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6693219?utm_medium=rss This ban has nothing to do with promiscuity but rather pure prejudice. We have openly gay men in every sector of society including government and the armed forces and, aside the occasional jibe, they are accepted so why is this ill-concieved ban still there?

Donation not discrimination.

]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:37:41 UTC 6693219 Rossella Caso [Signature #180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6365201?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:41:27 UTC 6365201 Minna Seikkula [Signature #179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6362884?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:21:50 UTC 6362884 cristina mauri [Signature #178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6361718?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:16:09 UTC 6361718 Chris Savage [Signature #177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6360217?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:01:51 UTC 6360217 Omolola Johnson [Signature #176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6327651?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:41:41 UTC 6327651 Graeme Getley [Signature #175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6306785?utm_medium=rss This legislation is sheer ignorance. Homosexual people are not all out there having unprotected sex. Heterosexual people are the more likely offenders... You only have to look at the amount of single mothers out there whith children from multiple fathers.... stereotype? My point exactly!

]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:51:07 UTC 6306785 Charles Street [Signature #174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6281347?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:39:25 UTC 6281347 Shaun Clark [Signature #173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6265604?utm_medium=rss I think the NHS needs to grow up and stop being so prejudice and allow (msm) to give blood. Everyone should be equal in the world yet we're not. That is totally unfair. Shaun

]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:11:49 UTC 6265604 Alice Petrie [Signature #172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6244248?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:18:58 UTC 6244248 Ben Myall [Signature #171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211498?utm_medium=rss Simply blanket banning gay men from giving blood is absurd. I'm all for putting the health of the nation first but I believe the way to do that is to screen with more detailed questions. Let's help the nation by taking blood from ALL suitable donors without making assumptions about men that sleep with men.

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:31:27 UTC 6211498 David Trotter [Signature #170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209679?utm_medium=rss THT say that the current rules around giving blood are right with regards to gay men giving blood because of the high number of gay men with HIV. However, THT state that the highest numbers of people with HIV are gay men and members of African communities. Now imagine the outrage if the law was such that people from African countries in the UK were not allowed to give blood? Its the same logic. Of course it is wrong, and so it is to that gay men can't give blood.

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:52:54 UTC 6209679 Douglas Little [Signature #169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6044420?utm_medium=rss formal and organized discrimination against any minority on flawed logic is wrong. This out-dated policy should be repealed if the National Blood Service is to survive as a force for good.

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:07:12 UTC 6044420 Nathaniel Stow [Signature #168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5980057?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:06:35 UTC 5980057 james daykin [Signature #167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5895938?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:15:41 UTC 5895938 Hannah Greenslade [Signature #166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5353189?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:34:06 UTC 5353189 Rachel Telfer [Signature #165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5199070?utm_medium=rss This adds to the steroetypes of gay and bi men, and therefore adds to homophobia and hate crime..STOP!!!

]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:08:29 UTC 5199070 Judith Picknell [Signature #164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5167443?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:48:41 UTC 5167443 William MacFarlane [Signature #163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5109005?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:12:35 UTC 5109005 Patrick Vogel [Signature #162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5080638?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Mar 2009 05:55:17 UTC 5080638 Nathan Pottinger [Signature #161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5075917?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Mar 2009 05:51:08 UTC 5075917 Helen Braid [Signature #160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5073677?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Mar 2009 05:51:47 UTC 5073677 Joseph Biggs [Signature #159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5045209?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Mar 2009 05:18:00 UTC 5045209 Victoria Moran [Signature #158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5029029?utm_medium=rss Mon, 2 Mar 2009 02:39:43 UTC 5029029 Anna Tombs [Signature #157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5021631?utm_medium=rss Sun, 1 Mar 2009 07:44:36 UTC 5021631 Mark Robinson [Signature #156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5019000?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:15:03 UTC 5019000 Will Tooke [Signature #155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5018520?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:31:21 UTC 5018520 Fiona Mandell [Signature #154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5001650?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:46:33 UTC 5001650 alina kruszyna [Signature #153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4997478?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:13:59 UTC 4997478 Laurie Stewart [Signature #152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4997225?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:10:12 UTC 4997225 Melissa Van Tongeren [Signature #151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4996093?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:40:23 UTC 4996093 Stuart Forward [Signature #150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4996020?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:20:53 UTC 4996020 jan singleton [Signature #149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4992400?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:56:34 UTC 4992400 Victoria Baars [Signature #148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4990949?utm_medium=rss The policy is dated and needs revising! It's worked in so many other countries why not here?

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:16:13 UTC 4990949 Joanna Soteriou [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4990817?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:49:33 UTC 4990817 Tasha Dodd [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4990137?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:07:57 UTC 4990137 Joe Dyson [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4990036?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:27:48 UTC 4990036 Rachael Wright [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4989699?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:32:02 UTC 4989699 Rose Morgan [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4989638?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:05:56 UTC 4989638 Freddie Singleton [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4988952?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:19:59 UTC 4988952 Craig Smith [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4987261?utm_medium=rss Another illogical homophobic law to rid ourselves of... Whoever thought this one up needed their head testing!

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:37:47 UTC 4987261 Holly Singleton [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4987080?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:09:05 UTC 4987080 Emily Raftery [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4985637?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:38:29 UTC 4985637 Andrew January [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4985633?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:37:44 UTC 4985633 Anonymous [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4985126?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:14:44 UTC 4985126 trisha hawkie [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4983587?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:25:51 UTC 4983587 Ross Hoyland [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4982246?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:35:03 UTC 4982246 Paul Walster [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4981723?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:29:38 UTC 4981723 Daniel Jack [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4981604?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:00:57 UTC 4981604 Andrew Greer [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4981573?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:51:33 UTC 4981573 Patrick Thor Longford Beverley [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4981275?utm_medium=rss It's just not supported by the statistics. Testing the blood for HIV is enough.

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:44:30 UTC 4981275 Katie Morgan [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4981201?utm_medium=rss discriminating against ANYONE before taking into account their number of sexual partners or whether they practice safe sex is ridiculous... the blood service is desperate for donors, yet they're banning a whole population of donors based on misinformed stereotypes. madness!

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:29:12 UTC 4981201 Rob Browning [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4981085?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:02:37 UTC 4981085 Kieran Lowe [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4981065?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:57:59 UTC 4981065 Ben Szuszkiewicz [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4981060?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:56:31 UTC 4981060 Rebecca Miller [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980901?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:25:25 UTC 4980901 Liam J Coates [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980894?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:24:17 UTC 4980894 Felicia O'Keeffe [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980809?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:08:28 UTC 4980809 Sophie Graham [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980582?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:18:24 UTC 4980582 Nadine Ackroyd [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980554?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:11:07 UTC 4980554 Marc Knight [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980526?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:04:16 UTC 4980526 Anonymous [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980487?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:56:25 UTC 4980487 Richard Morris [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980381?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:36:46 UTC 4980381 Sean Pritchard [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980271?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:06:20 UTC 4980271 caroline ashall [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980103?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:29:06 UTC 4980103 Emily Gibson [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4980061?utm_medium=rss I know it would take more time to check and more questions when you donate, but surely its worth changing it if they get more blood in the end? Every little helps.. :)

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:21:02 UTC 4980061 Anonymous [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979965?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:56:25 UTC 4979965 Edward Walkington [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979934?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:49:32 UTC 4979934 paul stone-shaw [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979852?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:32:01 UTC 4979852 Rachel Sharpe [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979850?utm_medium=rss It's stupid not to allow people to give blood just because they've had a same sex experience. It's outdated and offensive. There are people dying because they need blood transfusions when there aren't enough supplies. You should be grateful people want to give blood, not singling them out!

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:30:46 UTC 4979850 Amy Hopper [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979818?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:24:13 UTC 4979818 Sam Fleming [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979817?utm_medium=rss If you are going to discriminate about who can and can not donate blood based on a stereotype, then you shouldn't be allowed to advertise your organisation as a charity or trust. You should require a blood test before donation of blood rather than just crossing out all people born of a 'different' orientation.

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:23:46 UTC 4979817 kemal baran [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979797?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:19:54 UTC 4979797 Julie McBarron [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979757?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:08:03 UTC 4979757 Hannah Carley [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979741?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:03:47 UTC 4979741 Sheila Pinion [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979696?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:53:11 UTC 4979696 Philip Case [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979667?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:48:20 UTC 4979667 Rachael Griffiths [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979639?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:41:36 UTC 4979639 Christopher Dawson [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979614?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:36:26 UTC 4979614 Anonymous [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979605?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:33:53 UTC 4979605 Aaron Roberts [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979594?utm_medium=rss Blood gets tested regardless of sexuality or sexual behaviour. "Playing it safe" doesn't prove to be a strong argument.

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:31:49 UTC 4979594 Blake Nguyen [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4979578?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:27:54 UTC 4979578 Jacqueline Heaven [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4976961?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:55:04 UTC 4976961 Rob Singleton [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4976284?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:01:00 UTC 4976284