Macca and Paul talk to Rodney Croome, spokesperson for Let Us Give offered congratulations whilst calling for change here in Australia.

In Australia the Let Us Give campaign are calling for Australia to follow suit, praising the changes in New Zealand.

Currently Australians face the same ban on donating blood and plasma as those in New Zealand.

“Gay men, bisexual men, transgender women and some non-binary people who have sex with men, are expected to abstain from sex for three months before giving blood because of outdated fears about HIV infection” they state on their website.

“We congratulate New Zealand’s blood authorities for taking a step that will mean a new source of safe for New Zealanders in need and less discrimination in blood collection” he said.

“New Zealand now joins the UK, US, Canada and an increasing number of other countries that assess all donors for their individual sexual risk, rather than barring entire groups regardless of individual risk.”

“We urge Australia’s blood authorities to follow New Zealand’s lead as quickly as possible, or risk being seen to maintain a blood collection system that is archaic, inefficient, discriminatory and out-of-step” he concluded.

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/calls-for-australia-to-follow-nz-in-lifting-gay-blood-ban/235101

https://www.letusgive.com.au/

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