Tasmanian gay man calls on Red Cross to review exclusionary blood donation policy

Emily Jarvie
Updated February 21 2019 - 3:45pm, first published 3:30pm
FLAWED: In a letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, proudly gay Tasmanian Ben Dudman said the current blood donation system reduces the supply of safe blood, and fosters inequality and exclusion. Picture: supplied.
FLAWED: In a letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, proudly gay Tasmanian Ben Dudman said the current blood donation system reduces the supply of safe blood, and fosters inequality and exclusion. Picture: supplied.

As a young and healthy Tasmanian, Ben Dudman was of the belief he would be able to donate blood to the Australian Red Cross Society without issue. 

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Emily Jarvie

Emily Jarvie

Journalist

Emily Jarvie is a political journalist at The Advocate and The Examiner newspapers based in Hobart, Tasmania. Contact: emily.jarvie@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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