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“Like a slap in the face”: homosexuals about donating blood

Paderborn

A young Paderborn man would like to donate his blood, but is not allowed to. The German Red Cross sees reasons for the special treatment.



Mareike Gröneweg



Paderborn. Donate blood, save lives. This is how the German Red Cross (DRK) recruits new donors. But for years the blood donation guideline of the German Medical Association has been criticized as discriminatory by various groups. Now it has been reformed. The DRK, Aidshilfe and a homosexual Paderborn man express their opinion in an interview with the Neue Westfälische. Background: Since the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, men who have sex with men have initially been prohibited from donating blood …

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