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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.
Shano
Sam Womack
Olivia G
Shannon Rawlings
Hannah Baker
Jack H
Meghann
Macauley Collinson
Hannah Carter
Chelsie Brown
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Becky Thorn
Jade Kingdom
'Ben'
Lauren Taylor
Mason Latey
'Kate'
Tilly and Bella
Liam Thomas
Shak & Natasha
Ben Simms
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Fern Lulham
Ethan Mcinally
Jo Quinn