FDA to ban gay sperm donors

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

Is this an issue with blood donors, as well?

From my local blood bank:

Individuals at risk for AIDS must not donate blood
Do not donate blood if you have ever tested positive for HIV or if:

• You are a man and have had sex with another man since 1977, even once
• You have hemophilia or another blood clotting disorder and received clotting factor concentrate
• You have engaged in sex for drugs or money since 1977
• Since 1977, born in, lived in or received blood products while in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Niger or Nigeria
• You are a past or present sexual partner of someone in the above list

I see that it does not say more than one partner in the past year, but I know I've been asked that.... odd.

[Scrooge McSam]

We are still allowed to post on the internet, huh? Electrons can't be gay, can they? Or is it just if my electrons touch your electrons? I"m confused.

Can I still do charity work if I want to? I might sweat on somebody. Bill Frist sez you can catch AIDS that way (Keep in mind... that fool's a doctor!). I wouldn't wanna give anybody AIDS.

Ooooo Maybe we'll get special stores to shop in eventually after we can't go in the regular stores anymore.

Since my money is gay money(Sorry, I touched some of it. I'll try not to do that any more), do I still have to pay taxes?

/overblownsarcasmoff

Why did I read this?

[Prudence]

I am simultaneously preaching to the choir and beating a dead horse, but I've always liked to multi-task.

I can't leave this bit of faulty logic alone. It just eats at my brain and makes me want to scream.

So, which sector of the population has the fastest growing rate of HIV infection? Because I'm pretty sure it's not men. Do the standard HIV tests used by the rest of us not work for gay men? Was I the only promiscuous straight person in the 90s?

The sperm thing though -- can sperm even be infected with HIV? I actually don't know this. Can you get HIV through IVF? Or is it actually, as I suspect, an attempt to prevent gay sperm from making gay babies?

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by Name

Is it OK to donate sperm if a straight guy has poked a straight girl in the butt? If so, then what's the difference.....stupid govt......

To that, I add this article of a student who asked Ann Coulter a very similiar (though less politely worded question) - NOT SAFE FOR WORK - Student Is Arrested For Asking Ann Coulter an "Offensive" Question

[Ghoulish Delight]

Mmmm, that's some good crazy! Coulter is quite the nutjob.

[Ponine]

Alas, she didnt answer the question.....
inquiring minds want to know the answer. Is that wrong of me?

[Nephythys]

With blood- is it really so horrible to be overly safe than possibly sorry? Come on- rant all you want about donating sperm, but blood is used to save lives- and should be as carefully watched as possible- no matter who it pisses off.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Sorry, but to specify that homosexual sex disqualifes you while the population of heterosexual males with AIDS is growing at an alarming rate is completely unscientific and based on false fears.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

With blood- is it really so horrible to be overly safe than possibly sorry? Come on- rant all you want about donating sperm, but blood is used to save lives- and should be as carefully watched as possible- no matter who it pisses off.

No one was trying to say that its wrong in regards to blood donation. There was a question and statement earlier in the thread that lead to the wonder of if the regulations were as strict for blood donation.

I'm saying I agree or disagree with you, merely trying to point out that we were not complaining about the blood rules.

[Nephythys]

clearly someone has complained about the blood rules-