Thread: Does anybody donate plasma regularly?

Originally Posted by sycld

And I can't donate blood, because apparently the Red Cross thinks that every gay man automatically has AIDs.

Wait...you mean they don't?

No seriously that's, pretty shit though. A hetero guy or girl who's an unsafe slut has just as much risk of contracting HIV as a gay man. They also don't take into consideration that straight folks have anal sex too, and NOT all gay men do.

I was pretty disappointed though. "Extra strain on your liver" my ass. I had it when I was like 12. I haven't had a single symptom since. I've donated whole blood with no ill effects. I donated plasma back home all the time, with them also knowing I'd had mono. But this center doesn't want my plasma because of a virus I had 6 years ago? I think that's a little weak.