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| Region | Portugal |
| Issue | Blood donations by MSMs |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Apr 7, 2010 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Portugal, blood donations have rules regarding sexual behaviour but they are the same for homosexual and heterosexual people. While discrimination is illegal according to the Portuguese Constitution, discrimination is widely reported amongst the LGBTQ+ community and new legislation was discussed in 2021 to address this. |
| Sources | http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?id_news=444476 |
Reports (2)
- Newer law has been passed
- Newer law has been passed "It only became legal last year."
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| Description | In Portugal, blood donation have rules regarding sexual behavior but they are the same for homossexual people and heterossexual. | In Portugal, blood donations have rules regarding sexual behaviour but they are the same for homosexual and heterosexual people. While discrimination is illegal according to the Portuguese Constitution, discrimination is widely reported amongst the LGBTQ+ community and new legislation was discussed in 2021 to address this. |
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Apr 7, 2010 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Portugal, blood donation have rules regarding sexual behavior but they are the same for homossexual people and heterossexual. |
| Sources | http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?id_news=444476 |
Reports (21)
- Other "This needs further notes as while the rules are the same for homosexuals and heterosexuals the question asked to both groups is if you've has sexual relations with someone of the same sex in the past 6 months. If the answer is yes, you can't donate. This might change soon as in the 21st of March 2021 the Ministry of Health published new guidelines but they haven't been fully implemented."
- Status is not correct
- Newer law has been passed "Banned (1 year deferral period)"
- Status is not correct "I don't think gays can donate blood in Portugal"
- Status is not correct "It's illegal"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct
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- Date is incorrect "They do discriminate male gays, they can't give blood "
- Status is not correct "Homosexuals can only give blood if they are sexual abstinence. "
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "blood donations is illegal for gay people"
- Other "Recently government said that only gay people in abstinence can donate blood"
- Status is not correct "gay people now can't donate blood "
- Status is not correct "Homosexuals can only give blood if they are in sexual abstinence.
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- Status is not correct "In May 2015 ,media reported that health workers in Portugal were ordered not to accept blood donations from sexually-active gay men. The president of Portuguese Blood Institute said in April 2015 that he supports the ban on MSM donating ban. There is no written policy that prevents MSM from being blood donors, but that is obiously done in pratice."
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- Duplicate entry "ADMIN NOTE: I deleted entry #1386 since it had less activity. —danlev"
- Duplicate entry "ADMIN NOTE: I deleted entry #1386 since it had less activity. —danlev"