[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Male blood donor, 66, turned away from clinic after he refused to answer a
question on whether he was pregnant

• A male blood donor was turned away after refusing to say if he was pregnant
• Over nearly 50 years, Leslie Sinclair has given a formidable 125 pints of blood
• After complaining he said staff told him they couldn't accept his blood donation

It emerged last night that all potential donors are asked if they are pregnant
to 'promote inclusiveness' and because pregnancy is 'not always visually clear'.

Last night Professor Marc Turner, director of SNBTS, said: 'We appreciate the
support of each and every one of our donor community and thank Mr
Sinclair for his commitment over a long number of years. Whilst pregnancy is
only a relevant question to those whose biological sex or sex assigned at
birth is female, sex assigned at birth is not always visually clear to staff.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-pregnant.html

Well I know it sounds ridiculous...but they have a point about the sex of a person. I mean even at 66 its still possible to 'carry' a baby had he been born female and still had a womb...although the chances are ridiculously slim

I mean....all he had to do was tick the box.