Gender, sexuality and sexual activity

How does sexuality and gender affect blood donation? Let’s talk about it.

Absolutely, if you meet our other eligibility criteria.

Absolutely, if you meet our other eligibility criteria. There are no additional eligibility requirements for asexual donors. 

Yes, but there may be some other eligibility criteria that apply to you.

Before we get started…

People of all genders are welcome and safe in our blood donor centres.

At Lifeblood, we know that sex assigned at birth doesn’t define your gender (here, we’re using ‘sex’ to refer to sex assigned at birth and ‘gender’ to refer to personal and…

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If you answer ‘yes’ to any of the following questions, you’ll need to wait 3 months before you can donate.

In the last 3 months, have you:

  • had oral or anal sex with another man, even ‘safer sex’ using a condom (if you’re a man)
  • had sex (with or without a condom) with a male who you think may have had oral or anal sex (with or without a condom) with…
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