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EVENING NEWS FOR YOU FROM
ORLANDO IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
WE WILL BE WATCHING, SCOTT,
THANK YOU.
WELL THERE IS DONATION
FRUSTRATION TODAY, GAY AND
BISEXUAL MEN WHO WANT TO DONATE
BLOOD IN THE AFTERMATH WANT TO
DO MORE.
BUT AS KEN MOLESTINA SAY RULE
CHANGES STILL AREN'T ENOUGH.
I'M ANGRY THAT I CAN'T GIVE
BLOOD, THAT IS ONE WAY I CAN
HELP AND CONTRIBUTE TO MY
COMMUNITY AND.
CURTIS SMITH IS AND LGBT
ADVOCATE.
WHAT FRUSTRATES YOU THE MOST
RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE WAY THAT
THE GUIDELINES ARE SET UP.
I THINK IT'S THE ANTIQUATED
PIECE OF IT, THE FACT THAT WE
UNDERSTAND AND KNOW ALL AGAIN
ABOUT *** AND HOW IT'S SPREAD
AND THAT THEY CAN TEST IT, THE
TESTS ARE ADEQUATE, THE TESTS
ARE OKAY TO SCREEN THE BLOOD
AND THEY ARE JUST NOT ALLOWING
US, IT'S PART OF THE
DISCRIMINATION.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS A LIFETIME
DEFERRAL, NOW IT IS A 12 MONTH
DEFERRAL.
IVY IS A SUPERVISOR, UNDER
PREVIOUS GUIDELINES HE TELLS ME
MEN WHO WERE SEXUALLY ACTIVE
WITH OTHER MEN WERE BANNED FROM
DONATING ALTOGETHER.
SEXUALLY ACTIVE IN THE LAST 12
MONTHS, GUIDELINES ALSO CALL
FOR CHANGES IN PAPERWORK AND
NOTIFICATIONS.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING
THOSE NEW CHANGES TO BE IN
COMPLIANCE.
ADMINISTRATORS HERE AT
CARTER BLOOD CARE SAY ONCE THEY
FLEE TRANSITION TO ADOPT THE
GUIDELINES THEY EXPECT THAT THE
BLOOD SUPPLY WILL INCREASE,
IT'S HARD TO TELL EXACTLY BY
HOW MUCH.
PEOPLE LIKE SMITH.
JUST ALLOW US TO GIVE
WITHOUT ANY LIMITATIONS,
WITHOUT ANY HOOP TOSSUP OVER.
ARE HOPING HIS DONOR