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BLOOD donors have welcomed changes to the rules for donation which have been described as “fairer and more inclusive.”
Services will now assess donor eligibility on a person-by-person basis instead of applying across-the-board restrictions, removing the deferment period for some gay and bisexual men from donating blood.
The policy will take effect on World Blood Donor Day and will allow thousands of gay and bisexual men, previously excluded, to donate for the first time.
Professor MARY DAVIS argues that feminism has been hollowed out by liberal co-option – and only a revival of socialist, class-based politics can restore International Working Women’s Day’s original, radical purpose
ANN HENDERSON on the exciting programme planned for this summer’s festival in the Scottish capital