Well this makes sense:
Concerns have been raised about adjustments to the eligibility criteria for people to donate blood to The American Red Cross, which is now allowing donors to self-declare their biological sex.
According to the American Red Cross website, the organization says it “understand[s] that there is a difference between biological sex and gender,” but goes on to clarify that the Red Cross is following the recommendations of the FDA to determine donor eligibility on the basis of self-declared sex, as opposed to biological sex of the potential donors….
Specific criteria for men who have sex with men (MSM) was created due to the higher rates transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases amongst gay and bisexual males. As a result, men are restricted from donating if they have had sex with another man within a 3-month period. Lesbians are exempted from this deferral, as are bisexual women contingent on the sexual behavior of a male partner.
A member of the Reduxx team called the Red Cross Donor and Client Support Center posing as a biological male who identified as a woman to check eligibility requirements. When the agent was asked if a person “assigned male at birth” who was actively having sex with other biological males was able to donate blood, he responded that so long as the potential donor self-declared their sex as “female,” they would be allowed.
“If you identify as a female… if you answer the question as a female, anything that’s going to come up– regarding the transgenderism… is not going to apply,” the agent stated, after consulting with his managerial team for several minutes.
So fantasy takes the place of reality, self-declared gender takes the place of biological sex – even where lives might be endangered.
Commentators have highlighted the logical inconsistency of allowing donations on the basis of self-identified “sex,” with others on social media expressing concern about safeguarding the blood supply.
Evolutionary biologists Heather E. Heying and Bret Weinstein recently blasted the guidance on a recent episode of their podcast, breaking down the policy.
“So all you would have to do if wanted to donate blood and thus potentially corrupt the blood supply, is walk in… and so long as you have not tried this before and admitted you’re actually a man, and [say] ‘nope, I’m a woman,’ they will let you donate blood,” Heying explains after reading through the Red Cross website.
“It’s the ultimate proof that this entire societal disorder — whatever it is — amounts to the prioritization of the perceptual world over reality,” Weinstein comments.
“… and then it’s the prioritization of the perceptional world of mentally ill people,” Heying adds….
Does this really matter? Yes, it does:
The CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] recently reported that a multi-year study of trans-identified males living in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle found that 42% of respondents were positive for HIV.
Update: apparently this applies here too.
The NHS started doing this recently as well. Men who are sexually active with other men can't give blood due to HIV and hepatitis B risks – but they're allowed to if they just say they identify as women https://t.co/zqYxGjatq5
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