Various gay and lesbian organisations have distanced themselves from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance led by Juan Uys. This follows the alliance's action of donating blood at clinics today, despite the South Africa Blood Transfusion Service's policy of not accepting blood from sexually active gay men.
Uys has defended the false answers given by alliance members on questionnaires from blood clinics today. He admitted earlier that members had lied by answering 'NO' to a question about whether they had had male-to-male sexual contact in order to be allowed to donate blood.
"If any person in this country had a wonderful constitution like ours and you actually had to deal with a national institution like the Blood Service, where you actually deal with them for five years and you only get promises and promises and extended meetings - then you will have to conduct (sic) into certain actions to force them. In fact, we actually have complied much more in the past 24 to 48 hours than we did in the past five years." says Uys.
The South African National Blood Service yesterday said sexually active gay men in South Africa have been excluded from donating blood. Robert Crookes, the SANBC head, said a man who has had sex with another man within the last five years, whether oral or anal sex, with or without a condom or other form of protection is not permitted to donate blood and must please not do so.
Tuesday 29 May 2007
Gay groups distance themselves from Alliance - SABC
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