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First of all, it's cool that You are a Blood Banker and i have Respect for People like You(even if this is my first Time encountering the Job Description Blood Banker). Keep up the good Work 👍.

i live in germany. In the past Gay Men and Trans People* were forbidden from Donating Blood for having a higher Chance of an HIV Infection. It didn't matter if they never had Sex or only once 20 Years ago.

*(pretty much everything i read for this equated Trans Women with Gay Men and which sucks)

That only changed in 2017 when the German Government legalized it for them. However Gay Men were only allowed in if they didn't have Sex for ONE YEAR. even if it wasn't with a new Partner. [1]

Then in 2021 the guideline(not the Law) was changed to soften these Restrictions. Now it's only 4 Months. But weirdly enough straight People who had sex with more than two partners in the last 4 Months were equated with Gay men who had one new Partner in the last 4 Months.[2] i don't even get this.

And now finally in 2023 The Guideline got changed one last time to remove all Discriminatory Language from the Questionaire(thank fuck). And it is purely based on the Number of Sexual Partners. [3]

(by the way i only found out about this because i researched it because of your Ask. i had seen some other People on Queer Internet Forums still talk like the Guidelines from 2017 were still in Effect, i think not everyone got the Memo.)

I still think there are some Problems in there. for instance Anal Sex is highlighted as a higher Risk than non Anal, which i think is a way to talk about Gay People without talking about Gay People. And 2 or more Sexual Partners is disclosed as an inherent Risk Factor, which i think discriminates against Poly People. Imagine a Closed Polycule which has been stable for the last 3 Years and nobody slept outside of that. None of them would be allowed to donate Blood.

Now that i talked about the HIV Part, lets look at something specific to Trans People: HRT.

I looked at some Accounts from Trans People on the r/Germantrans subreddit, some of them say they were blocked from donating Blood due to HRT, some say only Androgen Blockers aren't allowed, some say that it didn't matter.

i found an Article from the german Red Cross explaining that they don't like to give out an entire List of Medications that would disqualify someone from donating Blood, since the "Problem isn't the Medication but the underlying Illness." [4] And i couldn't find a list from the german Red Cross.

Anyway, here's a List from the austrian Red Cross [5] i am gonna assume that the german Red Cross shares the List, because there usually aren't that many Differences between germany and austria. But i could be wrong here.

According to that list, Hormones are fine (unless you are taking anabolic T). Anti-Androgens like Cyproteron disqualify someone from donating Blood, this is because it is used to treat Prostate Cancer Patients, and Cancer Patients can't donate Blood. This is stupid. Like this isn't even in the "it depends on the underlying illness" Category, this is a Strict "NO".

For me personally... i found out during Research that i am banned from donating for the next 3 Months because i recently got a Piercing. And if my Weight falls below 50kg again, i won't be able to donate either. So maybe i'll donate Blood when i'm able. but i should probably call them beforehand to clarify the Medication Situation.

I hope You didn't mind me writing a 600 Word Post about the History of Blood donation for Queer People in Germany.

Sadly all of my Sources are in German so they won't be accssible to non-german Speakers.

My favourite Approach to this is Pokémon Picross for the 3DS. The Game is free but every time the Player fills a single Pixel they spend one Energy, the Energy slowly recharges over Time but can be upgraded with a Currency that is both earnable in-Game and purchasable with Real Money. The same currency is also needed to unlock more Stages.

Unlike most F2P games there is a hard Limit to how much the Player can spend (30€). Once that Limit is reached they get infinite Currency. The F2P Aspects are Practically gone at that Point. So the Player bought the Game and is now treated as if the Game was designed to be full Price.

Compare this to other "free" Titles. Most don't have an upper spending limit. Clash of clans expects the Player to either Wait for 1000 days or Pay Hundreds of € for the Privilege of getting to Play the Game in a reasonable Time Frame. Valorant has over 5000 Dollars worth of skins. None of this should be accepted, there is no real Value to this. owning a Skin means that a single Bit is flipped from "does not own the Skin" to "owns the Skin".

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