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Gay Blood Ban
16 senators called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to end the ban on blood donations by gay men. In a letter to FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Thursday, the senators called the policy...
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Senators Ask for Gay Blood Ban Review
U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., didn’t mince words Thursday in calling for the repeal of the long-standing ban on gay men donating blood. “Not a single piece of scientific evidence supports the ban,”...
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HHS Considers lifting Gay Blood Ban
This week, the Department of Health and Human Services Blood Committee will review it’s policy on banning Gay men from donating blood. Following up on a March announcement from the Department of Health...
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Kerry Demands Gay Blood Ban Review
A June 9 letter to the chair of the HHS Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability from Sen. Kerry and Rep. Mike Quigley, Democrat of Illinois, was co-signed by thirty-three representatives...
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Visitation Rights for LGBT Patients
Out With Cancer helped make visitation rights for all patients and their loved ones a right. We were one of several LGBT focused nonprofit organizations fighting to change hospital policies that...
View ArticleTransgender Patient Reports “Ridicule” at Indiana Hospital
In an 8/2/10 broadcast, FOX59 News in Indianapolis reported on the claims by a transgender patient that she was ridiculed and refused treatment by staff at Ball Memorial Hospital. Advocacy groups have...
View ArticleSame Sex couples now have visitation rights at Medicare and Medicaid hospitals
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just issued new rules for Medicare- and Medicaid-participating hospitals that protect patients’ right to choose their own visitors during a...
View ArticleSame-sex couples now have the same protections afforded to straight couples...
The Obama administration is set, today, to issue policy guidance to states expanding their ability to offer same-sex couples the same protections afforded to straight couples when they receive...
View ArticleOvarian Cancer In Transgender
The Incidence of Ovarian Cancer In Transgender Individuals by Joleen Krupa The incidence of ovarian cancer among transgender individuals must be closely monitored and aggressively treated if the cancer...
View ArticlePresidential Memorandum – Hospital Visitation
Rights of Hospital Patients to Receive Visitors and to Designate Surrogate Decision Makers for Medical Emergencies MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES There are few moments in our...
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