Question....

[muzikmaker21]

I should totally know the answer to this, but I don't and I feel like an idiot. Can't really find much on the web about it

Comments

[azhdragon]

I don't see why you couldn't ... they don't prevent cisgendered women on HRT from giving blood, AFAIK.

you may be unable to do so for a while after your surgery, as they don't like to stress the body too much.

I'm afraid that I can't be too much help, as the Red Cross requested that I don't give blood any more a few years ago, and I've since entered a new "risk" category which would also put me out of the pool of possible donors, not just the 'now on T' thing.

The best thing you could do would be to ring Red Cross and ask them.

Of course, if there's other reasons why you're wavering, then by all means wait until you're ready to take T. it's not something you should undertake lightly.

[muzikmaker21]

Yeah I know about the surgery thing and I'll call the Red Cross. I was just sitting here thinking about stuff and that came up and I doubt the RC will want to answer that question at 3am =-).

That was the only thing I was still wavering about that and I suppose that as long as I'm safe, then I'm ready. W00t! Twelve days!

[transcending_me]

I've never had a problem with giving blood, but I don't know what the policy is for doing it within a certain amount of time after a surgery.

[muzikmaker21]

Yeah that's what I was told, too. I'm *hoping* to have surgery sometime around March or April (binding in the Summer is NOT fun when you're as sensitive to heat as I am), so I'm going to hold off until I'm sure about that.

[myindigoblues]

I wondered too, so I asked one of the nurses at the center. His responce was something along the lines of, "well, ummm, I don't think that's a problem."
Doesn't seem to definate, but I don't think they're likely to turn you down.

[anonymous]

If you are legally male, and you say you've had sex with another male in the last (what is it, 20 years? I can't remember but it's at least ten) then you cannot give blood. If you are legally male and you say you are gay, you cannot give blood. But as long as you're still legally female and can prove it, when they ask you about your sexual preference or however they may phrase it, it won't matter what your answer is, and you will still be able to give blood. They just don't allow gay men to donate.

[muzikmaker21]

Yeah, I know all that stuff. I'm assuming that if I can prove I'm trans then it's not necessarily the same thing, as the person who commented just below you said.

[anonymous]

Yeah, but that's exactly what I'm saying... there's no reason you can't give blood when you're on T, unless you're legally male and admit to having had sex with a male, or you say you are gay. Taking T doesn't affect it at all.