Entry #1236: Blood donations by MSMs in Germany

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RegionGermany
IssueBlood donations by MSMs
StatusBanned (indefinite deferral)
Start Datepast
End DateAug 7, 2017
DescriptionBanned up until 2017.
Sources(sources in German language) http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2010-06/schwule-blutspenden


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Revision by beeurd

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Description Banned up until 2017.
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Banned up until 2017.
Sources(sources in German language)
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/stadt/Warum-Schwule-kein-Blut-spenden-duerfen/story/17897909
http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2010-06/schwule-blutspenden
(sources in German language)
http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2010-06/schwule-blutspenden
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(sources in German language) http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/stadt/Warum-Schwule-kein-Blut-spenden-duerfen/story/17897909 http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2010-06/schwule-blutspenden language) http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2010-06/schwule-blutspenden

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Revision by xevu

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Descriptiononly gay men are banned from donating blood due to a "higher risk of HIV"
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only gay men are banned from donating blood due to a \"higher risk of HIV\"
Reports (24)
  • Sources are invalid or broken "The link to the Tagesanzeiger doesn't work anymore."
  • Status is not correct "Deferral-period changed to 1 year https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose/blutspende-homosexuelle-maenner-duerfen-spenden-nach-einem-jahr-enthaltsamkeit-a-1161737.html https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose/blutspende-homosexuelle-maenner-duerfen-spenden-nach-einem-jahr-enthaltsamkeit-a-1161737.html "
  • Status is not correct "It's currently not banned but there is a deferral time of one year."
  • Status is not correct "Only 1-year abstinence is required"
  • Status is not correct "Its also the one year rule in germany. If you dont have sex with a man for a year, you can donate blood"
  • Status is not correct "Correct status is (since 2017) "Banned: 12 month deterral""
  • Status is not correct "1 year no sex"
  • Status is not correct "There is a one-year ban currently in place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Germany#Summary_table http://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose/blutspende-homosexuelle-maenner-duerfen-spenden-nach-einem-jahr-enthaltsamkeit-a-1161737.html"
  • Status is not correct "This law has been recently changed."
  • Status is not correct "After 1 year"
  • Status is not correct
  • Status is not correct "https://www.thelocal.de/20191115/german-politicians-push-to-end-blood-donation-ban-for-gays Since Nov 2017 only banned for 12 months."
  • Status is not correct "All gay and bisexual men are banned for life from donating blood. "
  • Sources are invalid or broken "page does not exist"
  • Status is not correct "legal 1 year "
  • Status is not correct "Law has been passed in 2017 and therefore is in effect."
  • Status is not correct "The legalization is not pending anymore. In germany donating blood is banned with 1 year deferral"
  • Sources are invalid or broken "The first source no longer exists, the second points to an article written in 2010, which is clearly out-of-date for the change proposed to have occurred in June 2018."
  • Status is not correct "This entire form is wrong. "Innacurate" should be "inaccurate", "expediate" is not a word, and in regard to the original query, I have found no evidence (as of 11/12/18) that the law has been changed, or that changes have been proposed."
  • Status is not correct "There is only a one year defferal period"
  • Status is not correct "No "
  • Status is not correct "Please change status to 'Banned (1-year deferral)'. Thank's"
  • Status is not correct "possible after initial testing"
  • Status is not correct "Germany's Docros association also misgenders trans* people, by adressing them as "men having sex with men", denouning them as "likely being sexworkers" and "STD-prevalent group" in their binding blood donation guide, which is intended for medical personnel."

Revision by xevu

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SourcesFound only German sources:
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/stadt/Warum-Schwule-kein-Blut-spenden-duerfen/story/17897909
http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2010-06/schwule-blutspenden
(sources in German language)
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/stadt/Warum-Schwule-kein-Blut-spenden-duerfen/story/17897909
http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2010-06/schwule-blutspenden
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Found only German sources: http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/stadt/Warum-Schwule-kein-Blut-spenden-duerfen/story/17897909 http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2010-06/schwule-blutspenden (sources in German language) http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/stadt/Warum-Schwule-kein-Blut-spenden-duerfen/story/17897909 http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2010-06/schwule-blutspenden

xevu created this entry.