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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.
Hannah Carter
Mason Latey
Alexandra Garrick
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Ben Simms
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Fern Lulham
Liam Thomas
Fixers
Sam Barakat
Ethan Mcinally
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Jade Kingdom
Tilly and Bella
Lauren Taylor
Macauley Collinson
Becky
Hannah Baker
Jack H
Meghann
Timothy Cranfield
Shak & Natasha