[Glenn.]

Asking for a friend

[Shaun]

Legal rights are pretty much equal but if you're asking this from a "we should give up pride and stop challenging homophobia" stance then it's quite obviously still a problem.

However I'm blurry on the rights of trans people.

[Denver]

I would like Men to be allowed to start giving birth

[Withano]

Its not really a right, but the fact that gay men cant donate blood seems a bit backwards. I'm pretty sure UK has its **** together on every other lgbt stance?

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Legal rights are pretty much equal but if you're asking this from a "we should give up pride and stop challenging homophobia" stance then it's quite obviously still a problem.

However I'm blurry on the rights of trans people.

No not at all. I'm curious as to what legal rights gay people have in this country. Tbh I don't pay that much attention to it. I know marriage etc has been legalised. Just wondered if there was anything else that had to be legalised.

[Withano]

Oh just checked, Scotland and Northern Ireland havent passed an annulment of convictions law, implying that there might still be prisoners that were sentenced for the crime of being gay.

[Shaun]

Adoption - to the best of my knowledge - is now relatively equal although I can't help but suspect that same-sex couples would be placed under more scrutiny than opposite-sex ones.

There isn't really anything else that relationships come into regarding the law, is there?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Withano

Oh just checked, Scotland and Northern Ireland havent passed an annulment of convictions law, implying that there might still be prisoners that were sentenced for the crime of being gay.

Gay Marriage is still illegal in NI I think

[Withano]

Also conversion therapy isnt banned yet in the UK apparently which is terrible?? How

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Gay Marriage is still illegal in NI I think

Oh yeah true, still a fair while to go

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Withano

Its not really a right, but the fact that gay men cant donate blood seems a bit backwards. I'm pretty sure UK has its **** together on every other lgbt stance?

I didn't know this, that's absurd. Anyone who wants to and meets the criteria (not HIV+, had a recent op or tatoo etc) should be welcomed with open arms to donate blood.

[JoshBB]

How many rights? As much as possible tbh.. keep em coming

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Withano

Its not really a right, but the fact that gay men cant donate blood seems a bit backwards. I'm pretty sure UK has its **** together on every other lgbt stance?

I think you will find that was health related because of the higher incidents of HIV in the gay community through the 80s and 90s and early difficulties in diagnosis rather than a prejudice against sexuality.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I think you will find that was health related because of the higher incidents of HIV in the gay community through the 80s and 90s and early difficulties in diagnosis rather than a prejudice against sexuality.

Doesn't explain why it's still an issue now when the Aids Crisis has been a memory for decades.

[MB.]

Cases of HIV among gay men are on the rise but yeah, it's a ridiculously outdated stipulation

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Adam.

I would like Men to be allowed to start giving birth

Me too or at least have to go through labour pains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdFdmE9A84

[Withano]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I think you will find that was health related because of the higher incidents of HIV in the gay community through the 80s and 90s and early difficulties in diagnosis rather than a prejudice against sexuality.

Jesus, Jaxie! It's 2017!
I should hope they test a heterosexual mans blood before funneling it into someone(?), if so the same should be done for a gay man, if not then thats a huge concern in itself. What an odd thing to fight about.

[thesheriff443]

There is still a big problem with gay men meeting strangers for sex in well know country side locations, councils keep cutting down vegetation, these areas are filled with used condoms tissues and lube.
The police do patrols but not enough, I think they turn a blind eye to it if I'm honest,

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Withano

Jesus, Jaxie! It's 2017!
I should hope they test a herosexual mans blood before funneling it into someone(?), if so the same should be done for a gay man, if not then thats a huge concern in itself. What an odd thing to fight about.

We still get false negatives but its not just HIV, its Hep B and Hep C as well.

In the UK its a deferral for 1 year and that's for both homosexual or bisexual men and women.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

We still get false negatives but its not just HIV, its Hep B and Hep C as well.

In the UK its a deferral for 1 year and that's for both homosexual or bisexual men and women.

The differentiation just seems backwards to me.. like heterosexuals are immune to blood diseases or something.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Withano

Jesus, Jaxie! It's 2017!
I should hope they test a herosexual mans blood before funneling it into someone(?), if so the same should be done for a gay man, if not then thats a huge concern in itself. What an odd thing to fight about.

What?

Herosexual.


You did a Trump

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Alf

What?

Herosexual.


You did a Trump

Hah. Good spot. Touch typing on my iPad without autocorrect rarely works well for me.

[Anaesthesia]

Just food for thought. As it stands, civil partnerships and marriage are now both options for the gay community. As a hetero in a long term partnership, who does not want to marry, I don't have any option for civil partnership. Is that fair?

[thesheriff443]

There was a great program on aids the other night, they reckon there are twenty five thousand people who have aids in this country and don't know it.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Withano

Hah. Good spot. Touch typing on my iPad without autocorrect rarely works well for me.

I don't want your excuses, just an apology for picking on my typo.