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Tory gay group says it will campaign against blood donation ban
The Conservative Party's gay group has launched a campaign to highlight the inequality of the UK's ban on gay men donating blood.
LGBTory, which is affiliated with the Conservative Party, began a petition at Manchester Pride last weekend, gathering 100 signatures.
The current ban, in force since the 1980s, prevents any man who has ever had sex with another man, including safe sex, from donating blood.
Critics blame the ban on the assumption that gay men are at a high risk of carrying HIV. Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says the ban on gay blood donors originates from homophobic myths that stereotype and demonise gay men.
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September 3, 2010
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