Quickie post

[thistle_chaser]

I'm going to be stuck in meetings all day, boo. My stomach is really bothering me too, which makes the all day meetings more of an issue. Blah

Comments

[manue7a]

Happy belated birthday!

[thistle_chaser]

Thanks!

[beauty_forashes]

Happy belated Birthday! :)

I didn't know you can't donate blood while on antibiotics, but of course it makes sense. I'm not allowed to donate any blood, ever, because I'm gay. Because, yannow, only gay people get HIV. *rolls eyes*

[thistle_chaser]

Thanks!

And yeah, I was embarrassed at how many questions were along those lines. Are you a gay male, have you slept with a gay man in the last 7 years, etc.

A while ago I heard they were going to change that, let gay men donate blood too. It's silly not to let them, since the blood can be tested and it's not like non-gay males can't get HIV...

[beauty_forashes]

I think it's absolutely silly. Especially since gay men of my generation never knew a world without HIV, all the guys I know (or ever have known) are extremely careful about safe sex and get tested regularly if they're sexually active. It's just something you do. A heterosexual male, on the other hand, who goes around banging all the women he can find without a condom, and never gets tested because the risk never occurs to him, can donate all the blood he wants. It's so discriminatory and unfair!

Yeah, they're talking about changing that law, BUT if you're gay and want to donate blood, it'd be mandatory that you've been celibate for at least one year.

[thistle_chaser]

Sheesh! That's hardly any better... Agreed that it's 100% unfair!

[fbhjr]

Happy Birthday!

[thistle_chaser]

Thanks! :)

[resonant]

you are so dedicated!

[thistle_chaser]

Sometimes I am. :)

[ani_mama]

Happy belated birthday!

[thistle_chaser]

Thanks! :)