November 2011
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September 2011
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UPDATED: Lifetime blood ban on gay and bisexual...
UPDATE: Today The Department of Health announced that as of November 7th 2011 the lifetime blood ban on gay and bisexual men will be lifted BUT instead replaced by a 12 month deferral period.
While this means men who once experimented years ago or just “tried it to see” will be able to start giving blood again, which is great news HOWEVER it does mean that the millions of gay and...
August 2011
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Sign the new E-Petition on the Government's... →
April 2011
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Our Verdict: Gay blood donation ban to be lifted...
Whilst this is great progress and step in the right direction to ending the blood ban on Gay and Bisexual men this is still not good enough.
Yes, the new policy would allow some bisexual men that have perhaps settled down with a women for more than 10 years or even “straight” men that had dabbled in the past to give blood which is great (though you have to question whether they were...
July 2010
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The View Tackles Gay Blood Ban
It’s been more than a week since the Department of Health and Human Services’s Advisory Committee on Blood Safety ruled that gay men still can’t donate blood, but that hasn’t silenced debate on the issue.
On a Tuesday segment of The View, guests D.L. Hughley and journalist Thomas Roberts (host of The Advocate On Air) joined regular hosts Joy Behar, Elisabeth...
Chinese gay man has blood donation lawsuit... →
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Project Negative on Wikipedia! →
June 2010
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US committee says gay blood ban will stay in place... →
Australian blood donation rules 'discriminatory',... →
Lifting US gay blood donation ban could add... →
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Project Negative has a feature in Midlands Zone...
Project Negative is in Midlands Zone Magazine again! You can check out the feature by picking up a copy and going to PAGE 7 of the magazine to see what it says. There is also a teaser article on the website here: http://www.midlandszone.co.uk/news.asp?thisId=1240
Alternatively you can download the Current Edition IN FULL Here (Remember PAGE...
May 2010
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Canadian researchers argue for lifting of blood... →
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Where We Are So Far 19/05/2010
The Project Negative Crew!
The Project Negative people have been very busy this month, working hard to spread awareness of the gay and bi blood ban in Britain and doing their very best to get it lifted.
For those of you who missed the demonstration outside of the Birmingham blood donation bank of the 5th May, the day was a complete success but not without a few hiccups cropping up along the...
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Our iTunes link to subscribe to our podcasts! →
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“We strongly believe that the blood ban is dated bigotry and refer specifically...”
– In response to the Questions: Would you support reform of blood donor regulations to allow healthy candidates to donate regardless of their sexuality? Ani Brooker
Exclusive: Green Party leader Caroline Lucas answers your questions
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LGBT and me - Phil Simpson (Birmingham, Edgbaston... →
April 2010
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Where We Are So Far 28/4/10
Here’s another quick update for all the Project Negative supporters out there! Don’t worry, we haven’t been slacking since the last-time we spoke.
The official Project Negative website is now up and running! With all the latest news updates about our cause, podcasts from our project people, a petition to sign, some rather retro looking pictures of the crew behind the cause and even a shop!
The...
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Subscribe to our podcasts!
Why not subscribe to our podcasts?
We now have an RSS feed for our podcasts so that you can make sure you keep up-to-date. You can use this address to subscribe to feed in iTunes by clicking advanced, then subscribe to feed, then just simply paste the link in.
Link: http://www.projectnegative.com/podcast.xml
1. Copy the link to the podcast feed. — Copy the link from the address bar on your...
Australian Red Cross to review gay and bi blood... →
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How to invite all your friends to our facebook...
We really on our follower, fans and friends to spread the word about Project Negative, so if you could invite all your friends to our page that would be great!
TO INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO OUR PAGE
Click on the suggest friends link.
Once the the page has loaded you should see all of your friends, but they are not selected.
At this point, copy and paste the javascript code below into your...
March 2010
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Where We Are So Far - 23/3/10
The Project Negative crew have been very busy little bee’s over the last few weeks, doing their best to spread awareness of the gay and bi blood ban that is currently blanketing Britain.
The Diversity and Wellbeing event was a great success on the 9th of March, with a constant stream of people coming over to visit the Project Negative table. A large amount of people we spoke to on the day had...
February 2010
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Where We Are So Far - 23/2/10
The Project Negative blog is up and running, looking rather snazzy while it’s at it. We will be keeping you posted on all the latest gay and bi blood ban news as well what we have been up to.
Also big giant thanks to the fans of our Project Negative Facebook group! We really appreciate all your support and comments they are huge encouragement for our cause.
An outraged Colin Scott wrote on the...
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Survey finds 3 in 4 gay and bisexual men would... →
“This could potentially lead to 2.3 million extra annual donors. Last year, 1.6 million people donated blood up to three times”
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Where is the love? End the blood ban...
Today is a day about LOVE and who has your HEART - well let’s all just remember that what comes out of that HEART can save lives, however for Gay and Bi men our is deemed not worthy enough/unsafe - where is the LOVE there? Please spread the word about Project Negative
http://www.projectnegative.com
January 2010
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Gay son prevented from donating blood to dying...
This is just another reason why the gay and bi blood ban should be lifted!? Prevented from trying to save a dying mothers life?
“A gay man whose mother died from cancer is calling for a change in the law after he was prevented from donating blood to help her.
Dij Bentley’s mother Christine, 47, died from acute myeloid leukaemia in August last year.”
Read the full story...
December 2009
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www.projectnegative.com
Just registered http://www.projectnegative.com
Stay tuned for more in the new year!
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Sweden to lift lifetime blood donation ban for gay...
Another country decides to lift the lifetime ban on Gay and Bisexual men, more reason to say why not us?
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/12/01/sweden-to-lift-lifetime-blood-donation-ban-for-gay-men/
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Worlds Aids Day 2009 - Remembering those we have... →
November 2009
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People are dying because gay men can't give blood
An article in the Independent from Johann Hari highlights the discrimination of the blood ban in Australia, just like here in the UK.
A 21-year-old gay electronics technician called Michael Cain launched a court case against the Australian Red Cross after they refused to take his blood. He wants gay men who exclusively practice safe sex – like him – to be allowed to donate like everyone else
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“People wanting to donate blood should be asked the same questions - irrespective...”
– Stonewall Chief Executive Ben Summerskill
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“The evidence for barring MSM [men who have sex with men] from donating blood is...”
– A quarterly report issued by the National Blood Service in 2006, Pink News
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What is Project Negative?
Conceived in 2009 by Adam Stewart and supported by a group of students at Birmingham City University as a university project, Project Negative was created in response to the discriminatory Gay and Bi blood ban policy by the National Blood Service.
Also the recent support from Stonewall after their 2 year review, from the NUS’s blood campaign as well as human rights activist Peter Tatchell....