Should Gay Men Just Lie and Give Blood Anyway? Debate Rages Online

\u201cThat's straight people's business.\u201d

— Brandon (@Brandon) 1641878763

\u201cY\u2019all didn\u2019t want ~dirty~ African or gay blood so keep that same energy!!!!\u201d

— There are no \u201cbad\u201d foods! (@There are no \u201cbad\u201d foods!) 1641881590

\u201cThis would be a more compelling argument if the people who needed the blood were the ones discriminating \u201cagainst it.\u201d As it stands I\u2019m willing to prioritize my own righteousness below the needs of the little girl in that video and others in need, but idk you do you sweetie.\u201d

— Joel Kim Booster (@Joel Kim Booster) 1641924205

\u201cyou advance no cause, support no human life, make no salient point, collect no plaudits for failing to do your part. conversely, by simply declining to check a box on a piece of paper, you fill a continuing, always critical need for people that are sick. suck it up and give blood\u201d

— taber (@taber) 1641908078

\u201c@cornbreadsays @dtrombino @cakesandcourage You\u2019re not punishing the FDA lol, you\u2019re punishing dying people in your community who need blood.\u201d

— taber (@taber) 1641908078

\u201c@ryepastrami @cornbreadsays @dtrombino @cakesandcourage Who do you think pressured the FDA to not accept gay blood? There was a whole public campaign about it.\u201d

— taber (@taber) 1641908078

\u201c@cakesandcourage The only time I ever lied was in April 2020 after I had COVID and they were desperately looking for people with antibodies to donate plasma so I lied about the gay sex and then they asked what medications I was on and I said Truvada for PrEP and they said they didn\u2019t want it \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u201d

— taber (@taber) 1641908078

\u201cMy last thought on this:\n\nImplied in this convo is that the blood shortage wouldn\u2019t exist if gays would just suck it up, lie, and give blood.\n\nThat\u2019s bullshit. Straight people aren\u2019t stepping up. So it shouldn\u2019t be on gays to degrade themselves and lie to make up the difference.\u201d

— Jake McMillian (@Jake McMillian) 1641963094

\u201cRed Cross after denying my gay ass the ability to give blood\u201d

— Diatonic Dissonance (@Diatonic Dissonance) 1641912476

\u201cThe Red Cross person before collecting your blood\u201d

— airuhhhhgo (@airuhhhhgo) 1641932382