The American Red Cross is now allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood without restrictions that specifically single out a person’s sexual orientation or gender, the nonprofit group said Monday.
What if I were to tell you they don’t call unless you’re eligible to donate again?
(Also I just blocked them because I donate when I feel like and don’t need reminders)
Hi! I do just want to be clear that this was multiple months of calls and I did explain to multiple people that I have donated too recently for me to be eligible. This did not stop them from calling me again the very next day. Trust me, saying ‘I have had gay sex recently’ to blood donation associate was mortifying, if I had any other option I had already tried it.
Well that sounds like their internal systems suck. Here in Austria they have a robust database that sends me a SMS as soon as the waiting period is over from my last donation. It’s one SMS saying “you can donate again”, and that’s it. If I dont do it, they’ll call after a while. But never would they contact me while in the waiting period.
Yes, and they’re not calling you every single day. I’m also O-.
You go the couple months and then they spam you to schedule an appointment.
Or you do doubles and they don’t bother you for another four months… It’s beautiful.
I’ve even done doubles before! I’m glad that they aren’t pestering you, but that was not my experience. As another commenter said I don’t know if it was a problem with the system or what, but they contacted me repeatedly, even after I pointed out that I was ineligible to donate.
