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[–]censorshipment 12 insightful - 8 fun12 insightful - 7 fun13 insightful - 8 fun -  (0 children)

This should really go without saying. I should feel bad for medical personnel, but I don't. They should be on the front lines against TRAs. Too afraid of being fired to speak up. Smh

[–]malleus_maleficarum 13 insightful - 6 fun13 insightful - 5 fun14 insightful - 6 fun -  (4 children)

Eventually they'll give women's blood containing pregnancy-related antibodies to men who insist they're biological women and natural selection will ensue.

[–]BEB 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The American Red Cross already allows you to select your sex, so it's already a threat. From the site of the American Red Cross:

"The FDA revised guidance states, “In the context of the donor history questionnaire, FDA recommends that male or female gender be taken to be self-identified and self-reported.” This change allows blood donors to register with the gender in which they identify. The Red Cross will no longer ask donors to answer both male and female questions when attempting to donate. "

https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/lgbtq-donors.html

[–]kwallio 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is kind of silly, all that means is that they'll test the blood for sex later and classify it accordingly. I mean they test blood for all sorts of things before they pool it and repackage it, so why not sex.

[–]BEB 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good to know, thanks. But still, why does the Red Cross cave to the gender loons - if the Red Cross doesn't trust people to accurately report their sex, why ask the question at all if not to give an ego boost to gender speshuls.

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[–]BiologyIsReal[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

[–]MarkTwainiac 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

[–]BiologyIsReal[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Bolding mine:

The percentage of individuals who identify as transgender (TG) comprise a quickly growing section of our population, recently estimated to be over 0.5% of US adults. Notably, approximately one-third of the TG community does not identify with a gender binary, and some people do not identify with any gender terminology. Although the accurate categorization of blood products by biological sex is critical to reducing harm from transfusions, in many cases blood is collected based on a self-reported gender binary. The Food and Drug Administration mandates either a male or female “self-identified or self-reported” gender be correlated with every unit of blood. Collection practices vary by center, and some have employees and software ready to handle nonbinary donations. Red blood cells are always tested for the group, Rh type, atypical cells, and certain diseases, but not for donor sex. The AABB reported that among 3 separate samples of TG donors, the percentage of TG males stating they had been pregnant prior to donation (and therefore raising the risk of HLA antibodies in their FFP and platelets which would have been otherwise categorized as male) ranged between 1.5% and 6%. As the understanding of sex- and gender-based research evolves, so should our collection tools for documenting biological sex versus current gender identity.

Talk about a ridiculous policy... And then TRA have the nerve to say nobody is trying to replace sex with gender identity.

[–]BEB 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And IIRC the policy is a few years old - so why was it implemented? Especially given that sex is hard data crucial to this? (Asking rhetorically)