Petition · past parliament
Men who have sex with men should be able to donate blood.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Sexually active straight men and women can donate freely while gay and bisexual men can not unless they obtain from having sex for three months. The outdated rules need to change.
The idea that men who have sex with men can not donate reinstates the idea that gay men are more likely to have deseases like AIDs or other infections, straight men and women can also contract these infections.
Anyone who has donated blood will know that when it takes place your blood is tested for all sorts of infections. So why are sexually active gay and bisexual men not even given the chance. We are again as a nation reinforcing dangerous stereotypes from the 70s and it has to stop.
Anyone who has donated blood will know that when it takes place your blood is tested for all sorts of infections. So why are sexually active gay and bisexual men not even given the chance. We are again as a nation reinforcing dangerous stereotypes from the 70s and it has to stop.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 9 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 30 Jul 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
30 Jul 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.