tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819444802156961103.post4374015711230351952..comments2023-07-13T14:06:45.974+01:00Comments on Unzipped: Gay Armenia: Russian Health Ministry Ends Ban on Blood Donations by Gaysartmikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819444802156961103.post-4504745756518440622008-05-23T11:15:00.000+01:002008-05-23T11:15:00.000+01:00Yeah, I had the UK and other countries in my mind ...Yeah, I had the UK and other countries in my mind too when writing this post.<BR/><BR/>As prominent Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseev - who campaigned for years to see this ban lifted - says: "Russia will become an example in this respect for other countries, including western democracies, where such restrictions are still in force."<BR/><BR/>Let's hope this will be the case.artmikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819444802156961103.post-51739469472002981192008-05-23T07:34:00.000+01:002008-05-23T07:34:00.000+01:00hopefully, it will have an effect in the UK too wh...hopefully, it will have an effect in the UK too where it's also banned! (even if a man only had gay sex once in his life in 1973 he still can't donate in the UK).<BR/>As for drug addicts though...not sure they would have very good blood anyway! <BR/>RhiannonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com