FDA bans gay men from donating blood, tissue & organs. So are we on the way to a new holocaust?

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FDA bans gay men from donating blood, tissue & organs. So are we on the way to a new holocaust?

Blood Donations from Men Who Have Sex with Other Men Questions and Answers

What is FDA's policy on blood donations from men who have sex with other men?

Men who have had sex with other men (MSM), at any time since 1977 (the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the United States) are currently deferred as blood donors. This is because MSM are, as a group, at increased risk for HIV, hepatitis B and certain other infections that can be transmitted by transfusion.

http://www.fda.gov/biologicsbloodvaccines/bloodbloodproducts/questionsaboutblood/ucm108186.htm

The gay male blood donor controversy refers to the dispute over prohibitions on donations of blood or tissue for organ transplants from gay and bisexual men. The restrictions target men who have sex with men (MSM), a classification of men who engage (or have engaged in the past) in sex with other men, regardless of whether they identify themselves as gay, bisexual, or otherwise. Opposition to the prohibition is most frequently addressed in terms of gay men. The MSM group, which includes gay men, is considered to be at high risk for HIV/AIDS since the AIDS pandemic was first identified in gay communities. MSM are also at high risk for some types of hepatitis and syphilis.... Critics of many of the bans claim these policies are not supported by medical science.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_male_blood_donor_controversy

A controversy instigated by the international LGBT community has accused a leading Russian TV anchor of homophobia and forced him to explain himself. Speaking about “burning hearts of gays,” the host was actually referring to regulations of America’s FDA.

Many LGBT-oriented internet communities worldwide were up in arms about Dmitry Kiselev, accusing him of saying gay people “should be banned from donating blood, sperm,” and that “their hearts, in case of an automobile accident, should be buried in the ground or burned as unsuitable for the continuation of life.”

Naturally, the LGBT community in Russia and - to a much greater degree - in the US, speculated that Kiselev was actually encouraging the Russian public to kill gays and burn their hearts.

The incident took place on April 4, 2012 when TV anchor and deputy director of leading government channel Russia 1 Dmitry Kiselev made a statement on his Historic Process show, in an edition dedicated to homosexual propaganda to minors in Russia.

During the program, Kiselev was advocating strict regulation of any same-sex activities among teenagers. One of the phrases he uttered in this show somehow suddenly came to the attention of the LGBT community in Russia and abroad more than a year later, becoming a black mark for the host.

A word for word translation of the ‘homophobic’ phrase should be as follows:

“I believe that imposing fines on gays for homosexual propaganda to minors is insufficient. They should be prohibited from donating blood, sperm and, in the case of a road accident, their hearts should be either buried or cremated as unsuitable for the prolongation of anybody’s life,” Kiselev said.

In a recent interview to Izvestia daily Dmitry Kiselev has finally explained what he meant by the controversial phrase...

He pointed out that the Russian public actually failed to understand that in 2012 he was speaking about legal medical practices in the Russian Federation that unfortunately are still lagging behind internationally-recognized organ donation legislation.


“This is internationally-recognized practice and I called for nothing unusual. This is a norm in the US, Europe, Japan, in the Arab countries – practically everywhere, but not in Russia.”

http://rt.com/news/homophobia-russian-tv-fda-msm-389/