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Israel lifts restriction on gay men donating blood

by  AP and ILH Staff
Published on  08-20-2021 09:01
Last modified: 08-20-2021 08:07
Israel lifts restriction on gay men donating bloodOren Ben Hakoon

An unidentified man donates blood on May 3, 2020 | File photo: Oren Ben Hakoon

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Israel has lifted restrictions on blood donations by gay men, saying the longstanding limitation was discriminatory and denigrating, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said Thursday.

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Until Thursday, men seeking to donate blood in Israel were asked whether they had same-sex relations in the past 12 months, a category that would disqualify them from giving. Now the questionnaire inquires whether a prospective donor has had "high risk sexual relations with a new partner or partners" in the past three months, using gender neutral wording.

Horowitz wrote in a Facebook post that the Health Ministry had "removed the denigrating and irrelevant questions" in questionnaires for blood donors, and that everyone would be treated equally regardless of sexual orientation.

"There's no difference between one blood and the other," he said. "Discrimination against gays in donating blood is over."

Israeli LGBTQ rights groups hailed the move as an important step for equality in Israel. Gal Wagner Kolasko, head of the Israeli LGBT Medical Associations, took to Twitter to thank Horowitz for the "historical correction."

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