Men who engage in sexual activity with more than one man or with a new male partner and straight people with "frequently changing partners" will have to wait four months before being allowed to donate blood, the 77-page document says.Ī health ministry spokeswoman said the provisions would be introduced in the next review of the blood donation rules but declined to say when this would take place. Men in monogamous same-sex relationships will face no restrictions when donating blood, according to a new risk assessment by the health ministry and the German Medical Association, seen by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. And surely the vast majority of people can relate to that.Gay and bisexual men in monogamous same-sex relationships will face no restrictions when donating bloodīERLIN, June 29 (Openly) - Germany is to relax a ban requiring gay and bisexual men to abstain from sex for a year before donating blood, as the coronavirus crisis ramps up pressure on global supplies. "It stands for how we want to live: With respect for each other, without the discrimination that has long excluded minorities. "What does the rainbow stand for?" German government spokesman Steffen Seibert asked on Monday. On Sunday, UEFA gave the go-ahead for Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to continue wearing a captain’s armband with the rainbow colors at the tournament. UEFA said it understood the council’s intention to send a message to promote diversity and inclusion but stressed that it was “a politically and religiously neutral organization." "This legislation represents a new mark in the invisibility and disenfranchisement of lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI) and adds to the systematic restriction of the rule of law and fundamental freedoms that have been practiced for years in Hungary," the Munich council said in its application, which had cross-party support. Hungary's National Assembly approved the bill against sharing LGBT content with minors in a 157-1 vote last week, when one independent lawmaker voted against it and all other opposition parties boycotted the voting session in protest.
Munich will host a quarterfinal match at Euro 2020 on July 2.īut the delayed action undermines the Munich's city's planned protest against what it calls "the homophobic and transphobic legislation of the Hungarian government." German soccer federation spokesman Jens Grittner had already suggested Monday that it might also be an option to display the colors in the days after Hungary’s visit.
The body said these dates “align better with existing events." UEFA said it believes "that discrimination can only be fought in close collaboration with others" and it proposed that Munich illuminates the stadium with the rainbow colors on June 28 for Christopher Street Day or between July 3-9 for the Christopher Street Day week in the city. "They want to express this by including politics in a sporting event, which has nothing to do with the passing of national laws." "In Hungary we have passed a law to protect Hungarian children, and now in Western Europe they are griping about it," Szijjártó said in Luxembourg. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó blasted the German plan on Monday. The law was denounced as anti-LGBT discrimination by human rights groups. Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter’s application on behalf of the council made clear it wanted to protest a law passed by Hungarian lawmakers last week that prohibits sharing with minors any content portraying homosexuality or sex reassignment. The governing body said in a statement Tuesday that it understands the intention behind the proposal but “must decline this request” because of its political context - “a message aiming at a decision taken by the Hungarian national parliament." UEFA has declined the Munich city council’s application to have its stadium illuminated in rainbow colors for Germany’s final European Championship group game against Hungary on Wednesday.