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Name: | Lewis Hern |
Age: | 17 |
Year of the Fix: | 2016 |
Location: | Pontypool, Wales |
Campaign: | I want to change the guidelines on gay men donating blood |
I was shocked when I discovered that gay men couldn’t donate blood unless they had been celibate for at least a year.
It made me feel I wasn’t fully accepted by our own health system, the people who care for us.
I also felt I was being prevented from doing the right thing, and giving blood to help others.
More importantly though, it became clear that by society is missing out on nearly a million potential donors.
The fact is that the science has moved on and screening blood for viruses like HIV is a much more sophisticated process than it used to be.
Fixers has helped me make a film calling for the guidelines to be changed – for the benefit of the LGBT community, and everyone else as well.
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
'Ben'
Becky Thorn
Jo Quinn
Lauren Taylor
Shannon Rawlings
Tilly and Bella
Hannah Baker
Chelsie Brown
Alexandra Garrick
Sam Barakat
Shak & Natasha
Macauley Collinson
'Kate'
Meghann
Fern Lulham
Olivia G
Becky
Liam Thomas
Timothy Cranfield