消弭歧視 英國放寬男同志捐血限制U.K. change rules on gay and bisexual men donating blood

Under new National Health Service guidelines, gay and bisexual men in most of the United Kingdom are permitted to donate blood should they have had the same sexual partner for at least three months. The changes mean that a donor’s eligibility to donate blood will not be based on a risk assigned to a group or population, but more on individualized assessment.

In many countries, including the United States, men who have male-identifying sexual partners are barred from or subject to strict rules on giving blood due to fears around the transmission of HIV/AIDS. Critics said these policies discriminate against LGBTQ people.

友善讓你懂｜解說：

根據英國國民醫療服務體系（NHS）最新頒布的規範，英國大部份地區（北愛爾蘭除外）的男同志和雙性戀男性，只要近3個月內維持單一性伴侶，即有捐血資格。這樣的政策改變，意味著捐血者的捐血資格，將不再是基於「社會認為某個群體的風險程度」，而是針對每人人不同的評估。

其實，世界上許多國家與地區，包括美國與台灣，都針對進行男男性行為者，採取禁止或嚴格的捐血規定。批評者指出，這樣的政策歧視 LGBTQ人群，損害權益。如今在英國，所有人不論性別與性向，只要遵守安全性行為，都具有捐血的資格。

輕鬆帶著走｜學習：

Donate意思為捐獻，除了用在捐血，也可以用於捐助金錢各種東西，例如：

• We donated our old clothes to charity. 我們把舊衣服捐給慈善團體

許多網紅常說的「抖內」就是這個字，但其實donate是動詞，名詞型態是donation，配合的動詞是make，

例如： Would you like to make a donation? 你願意捐助一些嗎？

本篇其他相關單字：

• guideline 指南
• assessment 評估
• transmission （疾病）傳播
• discriminate 歧視