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Title: To the FDA, everyone transgender is a gay man
Post by: stephaniec on February 02, 2015, 03:00:13 PM
Post by: stephaniec on February 02, 2015, 03:00:13 PM
http://www.advocate.com/health/2015/02/02/fda-everyone-transgender-gay-man
The Advocate/by Dawn Ennis 2/2/2015
'There's a secret in the Federal Blood Donation policy: it treats all transgender people- male or female- like they're gay or bisexual men.'
The Advocate/by Dawn Ennis 2/2/2015
'There's a secret in the Federal Blood Donation policy: it treats all transgender people- male or female- like they're gay or bisexual men.'
Title: Re: To the FDA, everyone transgender is a gay man
Post by: Jill F on February 02, 2015, 03:07:37 PM
Post by: Jill F on February 02, 2015, 03:07:37 PM
WTF!? That's the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time. All I ever hear is that there is always a shortage of blood.
Seriously, I have yet to have sex with a guy, but it's presumed that I do? Dumb dumb dumb.
Seriously, I have yet to have sex with a guy, but it's presumed that I do? Dumb dumb dumb.
Title: Re: To the FDA, everyone transgender is a gay man
Post by: Jake25 on June 10, 2015, 01:39:02 AM
Post by: Jake25 on June 10, 2015, 01:39:02 AM
Something really ironic is I'm homoromantic and abstinent but if I put I was a transexual man and not a woman they would discriminate against me. Straight cis people seem to have more sex than anyone.
Title: Re: To the FDA, everyone transgender is a gay man
Post by: Cindy on June 10, 2015, 01:48:21 AM
Post by: Cindy on June 10, 2015, 01:48:21 AM
Maybe we should start an advertising campaign. "Transgender people support the ban to prevent the transgender gene being passed on." ::)
When we get support from the religious right we can then say, well you are now saying there is a biological reason and being TG is not choice, so give us our rights. :laugh:
When we get support from the religious right we can then say, well you are now saying there is a biological reason and being TG is not choice, so give us our rights. :laugh:
Title: Re: To the FDA, everyone transgender is a gay man
Post by: qwerty108109 on June 11, 2015, 09:29:32 PM
Post by: qwerty108109 on June 11, 2015, 09:29:32 PM
I revisited this article I still can't believe what it says. Makes me pretty frustrated.
Title: Re: To the FDA, everyone transgender is a gay man
Post by: AndrewB on June 11, 2015, 10:15:47 PM
Post by: AndrewB on June 11, 2015, 10:15:47 PM
If they don't want my blood, no skin off my back. I donated once about 6 months ago, before I was legally or medically transitioning, but these policies are seriously outdated and I'm tempted just to boycott donating blood altogether. Even the FDA's "lift" on homosexual men, so long as they abstain from sex for a whole year? God, that's just hilarious, if they think they're going to get people abstaining that long just to donate blood. They might as well have not lifted the ban at all, for all the good it did. Even though all my documents point to male now, across the board, if I were to have that long of a dry spell, I certainly wouldn't celebrate it at this point with a blood donation.
Title: Re: To the FDA, everyone transgender is a gay man
Post by: VeryGnawty on June 13, 2015, 05:34:26 AM
Post by: VeryGnawty on June 13, 2015, 05:34:26 AM
This isn't really a secret. The FDA has had stupid policies for a long time, particularly in regards to blood donations.
Title: Re: To the FDA, everyone transgender is a gay man
Post by: rachel89 on June 16, 2015, 08:15:57 PM
Post by: rachel89 on June 16, 2015, 08:15:57 PM
No, trans people are not gay men, unless they are gay trans men. Even then, the blood ban is really outdated.
Title: Re: To the FDA, everyone transgender is a gay man
Post by: Amy1988 on June 18, 2015, 05:49:47 PM
Post by: Amy1988 on June 18, 2015, 05:49:47 PM
Quote from: stephaniec on February 02, 2015, 03:00:13 PM
http://www.advocate.com/health/2015/02/02/fda-everyone-transgender-gay-man
The Advocate/by Dawn Ennis 2/2/2015
'There's a secret in the Federal Blood Donation policy: it treats all transgender people- male or female- like they're gay or bisexual men.'
I don't donate blood anyway. The whole industry is a sham. They don't pay you but then turn around and make a huge profit. Screw that!
Language warning, again.
Title: Re: To the FDA, everyone transgender is a gay man
Post by: DanielleA on June 20, 2015, 07:10:30 AM
Post by: DanielleA on June 20, 2015, 07:10:30 AM
It is disgusting that people are treated this way. I am petrified of needles and still have considered donating blood. Not any more though.