FabSwingers.com forum: Who Gives Blood?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Who gives blood? Watching Victoria Derbyshire video clip about gay men giving blood. Terrible journalism but it got me thinking should the three month rule apply to everyone who is sexually active. At the moment this rule only applies to.

Gay men

Sex workers

Those who partake in group sex

But surely those who partake are more aware of their own sexual health x

By *utchersDogMan
over a year ago

Orpington

Isn't there something about if you have been tatooed recently as well?

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've not met anyone in a few years and have started giving blood. Some of the preclusions are ridiculous. For example a man who has had sex with another man in the last three months cannot give blood, but over three months is ok. I woman who has had sex with a man who has ever had sex with another man cannot.

By *hoenixAdAstraWoman
over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows

I'm a blood donor, have been since my teens.

I've missed sessions over the years due to the usual reasons, had a child, operation, a tattoo, piercing.

I now pick which donor sessions I attend around my SH health checks and an 'all clear' text

I get checked every 3mths without fail, even if I've only been with a regular partner.

If I have met someone new, or been to a club, yes I practise safe sex, but I will get tested within that week.