In the US, 38,000 blood donations are needed every day. Over 7 million men nationwide are prevented from donating because they have sex with men. Join us as we protest too many years of a stigma that is limiting our access to life’s most precious resource.Tumblr (3.0; @bannedblood)http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lheqcpEy0W1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The inside of our pamphlet. Sorry the rain got ‘em before we could get them all out!</p>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3592316816http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3592316816Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:48:25 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh8ybrx0wd1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3534095789http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3534095789Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:09:12 -050020110225_4666.MOV<br/><br/><p>STOP THE FDA rules banning same sex men and woman who have sex with same sex men from donating blood . ALL blood is TESTED!!</p>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3534096695http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3534096695Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:09:15 -0500<a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/02/26/nyus_queer_union_protests_own_blood.php">Gothamist: NYU's Queer Union Protests Own Blood Drive</a>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3534086660http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3534086660Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:08:43 -0500<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/02/25/2011-02-25_queer_union_nyu_lgbt_community_to_fda_dont_waste_our_blood_protesters_draw_disca.html#ixzz1F5oK4SBg">Coverage of our protest by NY Daily News</a>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3534078912http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3534078912Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:08:18 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh724ac5cF1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509936348http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509936348Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:23:59 -0500<p>The protest was a great success today. In the end, we were able to show that 108 lives could have been saved if the FDA ban were not in place today, and collected over 250 signatures on our petition to the US government to lift the ban. </p> <p>If anyone has any photos or videos they have of the protest, feel free to submit them here! (the &#8220;Show Us Your Blood&#8221; link on the left).</p> <p>If you didn&#8217;t get a chance to sign the petition in person today, <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/save_a_life_petition_to_repeal_the_fdas_msm_blood_ban" target="_blank">you can do so online here</a>!</p> <p>Thank you to all who helped organize this event, and all who came to support us!</p>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509805905http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509805905Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:39:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh71roEH9W1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3510019410http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3510019410Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:28:07 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh71wrmGZv1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>lol look at how suspicious this girl is</p>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509953586http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509953586Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:24:53 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh71skzPdV1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509950565http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509950565Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:24:44 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh71tnxLz91qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509947844http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509947844Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:24:34 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh720uGaaa1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509941700http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509941700Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:24:15 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh721rRvOL1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509940433http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509940433Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:24:12 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh723i2kvu1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509939325http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509939325Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:24:08 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh722naQb71qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509938121http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509938121Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:24:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh7250mI3O1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509937027http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3509937027Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:24:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh6xifg6q31qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This puppy is standing up against stigma and shame!</p> <p>ANIMAL RIGHTS HO!</p>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3508091543http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3508091543Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:42:12 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh6xh3DCMP1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>These prospective students won’t stand for homophobia!</p>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3508078055http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3508078055Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:41:23 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh6wxl7jFq1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>102!!!! (sry accidentally deleted 100. EXCITING ANYWAY)</p>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3507877714http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3507877714Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:29:40 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh6wl8IrKL1qh5egfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>98!</p>http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3507751788http://bannedblood.tumblr.com/post/3507751788Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:22:16 -0500