More Gay, Bisexual Men are Eligible to Donate Blood | School Districts Approve Controversial Gender ‘Outing’ Policy | El Dorado County Road Trips
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An expected change in FDA policy would make it easier for men who have sex with men to donate blood.
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Vitalant officially expands blood donor eligibility to men who have sex with men. Rocklin is among school districts that approve a controversial gender ‘outing’ policy of students. The best El Dorado County road trips.
More Gay, Bisexual Men are Eligible to Donate Blood
Dr. Chris Gresens, Senior Chief Medical Officer for Vitalant, discusses officially expanding blood donor eligibility to men who have sex with men (MSM) for the first time in nearly 40 years, following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) updated guidelines. The FDA’s old guidance required gay and bisexual men to wait three months following their last sexual contact with another man. With the new FDA guidance, all potential donors are now screened using a series of questions that assess individual risk of HIV, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
School Districts Approve Controversial Gender ‘Outing’ Policy
School board meetings have now become the public battleground over parental rights versus a child’s right to privacy at public schools. Two school boards in recent weeks, including Rocklin, have passed controversial policies that would require teachers to identify transgender and gender non-conforming students to their parents. Now, the state of California is firing back with legal action. Diana Lambert, Senior Reporter at EdSource, joins Insight to discuss the districts’ policy moves and why Attorney General Rob Bonta is vowing to fight in court. Ebony Harper is the founder of California TRANScends and Anoosh Jorjorian is the director of Yolo Rainbow Families with the Davis Phoenix Coalition. Both work with LGBTQ+ youth in the Sacramento area and join Insight to discuss the impact the policies can have on trans and gender non-conforming students on campus and at home.
El Dorado County Road Trips
Budget-friendly road trips might be something to consider if you’ve taken a peek at airline and hotel prices lately. Just a short drive away, El Dorado County delivers some of the most scenic (and Instagram-worthy) sights in our area. Jody Franklin is the Executive Director of Tourism at the El Dorado County Visitors Authority and joins Insight for some of the iconic locations for a beautiful drive that won’t break the bank.
