The gay blood debate: balancing risks and rights

In Australia, gay men can only donate blood if they abstain from sex for 12 months. This policy is currently under review. Gay rights groups have challenged the practice as discriminatory and a hangover from the 1980s AIDs epidemic.

 

Speakers:

• Gary Nunn - Columnist and gay rights lobbyist
• Rob Lake - spokesperon Australian Federation of AIDs Organisation
• Rodney Croom - Gay rights activist