CW: AIDS, Homophobia, Transphobia, Death, Blood, Eugenics
Karen, M, and Remy talk about the homophobic policies for blood donations. Why won’t blood drives let gay men donate? Is there science there or fear of our precious rainbow blood? Is it valid or should they just shut up and take the blood already?
This is a paper from the Williams Institute about the effects of lifting the blood ban for MSM.
This link takes you tot he GLAAD site where they talk through the science being used to try and justified the blood donor ban with links to resources and suggestions on steps forward.
Further Reading: This is a link to several videos and an article about the AIDS quilt and its history. There are an enormous amount of links to various parts of the link (Native lives lost, Black lives lost, how to support, etc).
And this is a link directly to the interactive quilt where you can look at the squares made to honor the lives of all the people who have passed away.
An article about the life of artist and activist David Wojnarowicz.
Further Reading: This is a story from a woman who has lived for 35 or so years with AIDS and her perspective being a woman with the virus.
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