LGBT+ activist Peter Tatchell promotes “The Gaydr” in a campaign with advertising agency McCann London

Ahead of World Blood Donor Day 2018, Wednesday 14 June, McCann London and the Peter Tatchell Foundation are issuing a challenge to governments and blood services worldwide: “Screen the blood, not the sexuality.” A surge of press reports (The Economist,ABC,The Mirror) refer to a shortage of blood supplies in blood banks the world over. And yet existingrestrictionsin over 40 countries,including in the UK, prevent sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood either indefinitely or for a lengthy period of time after they last had sex with a man…

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