/news/a-world-first-for-gay-bi-trans-australians-as-new-rules-for-blood-and-plasma-donations-come-into-effect/237588 Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 /news/a-world-first-for-gay-bi-trans-australians-as-new-rules-for-blood-and-plasma-donations-come-into-effect/237588#comment-666150 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:51:24 +0000 /?p=237588#comment-666150 RE: Blood and Plasma Donations
I rang the Red Cross Blood bank people to enquire about donating because i was not sure if my age made me ineligible to donate, I was told that , at the moment, they are only taking PLASMA at this time but later on, after more extensive tests ,they may also start to take Blood. I asked if the reason for this was because it was not yet known if Viral Load returned to infectious levels in Blood collected from for people who are HIV+ and on PrEP, for as we know if we want to keep Viral Load at undetectable Levels we have to keep taking PrEP. The response in the phone was a long hesitation after which the man I was speasking with said “I can’t really answer that at this time”.
If you are Hiv+ and on PrEP don’t get upset if they tell you they are only going to use your Plasma at this time. They’re not being homophobic or Discriminatory, they are just being Super Careful as they always have been.

]]> /news/a-world-first-for-gay-bi-trans-australians-as-new-rules-for-blood-and-plasma-donations-come-into-effect/237588#comment-666149 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:22:19 +0000 /?p=237588#comment-666149 Still can’t donate whole blood, unlike the UK, Israel, Canada and several other countries (which allow both whole blood and plasma donation – so not really a world first).

]]> /news/a-world-first-for-gay-bi-trans-australians-as-new-rules-for-blood-and-plasma-donations-come-into-effect/237588#comment-665642 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:49:39 +0000 /?p=237588#comment-665642 Why are they waiting till 2026 to change the questionnaire??

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