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Protesting when the FDA says 'no'

Abstract:
They stood in silence for an entire hour on the steps of the MU. Their signs spoke for them: "I want to save a life, but I can't, I'm gay."

Yesterday, a group of students and community members united to protest against the American Red Cross, Food and Drug Administration and the Blood Drive Association's regulations which prevent gay men from giving blood....

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Mikhelle Gattone

posted 5/15/08 @ 8:18 AM PST

What an interesting statement by Erika McQuillen because her thought is that we should just volunteer our time to help, but not our blood. This sounds so discriminatory and familiar to the other policies (past and present) made on the LGBT community that tries to give a "separate but equal" ideology. WE can not be equal to give blood but we should give our time to a place that continues to practice discrimination. I do not want people to stop giving blood because it is important, but the Red Cross' website saying that as a group gay people are at higher risk for HIV is outdated knowledge. Instead any PERSON who sleeps with many partners w/o protection seems more like a high risk case.
People are individuals and they should be treated that way, and not like a "certain group". I'm glad that this protest brought some attention to a serious problem and one that needs to change!
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