LGBT rights in South Africa Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Blood donation== Until 2014, the [[South African National Blood Service]] imposed [[blood donation restrictions on men who have sex with men]], requiring that they abstain from sex for at least six months before donating blood. This was replaced with a gender-neutral policy that disallows donations from any prospective donor who has had a new sexual partner in the last six months, or who has more than one sexual partner.<ref>{{cite news |first=Luiz |last=DeBarros |title=SA finally ends gay blood donation ban |date=20 May 2014 |publisher=Mamba Online |url=http://www.mambaonline.com/2014/05/20/sas-gay-blood-donation-ban-finally-ends/ |access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page