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Bruner would like to breathe new life into an organization associated with this vintage image.
policy was put in place in the '80s by the FDA in
response to HIV/AIDS. [Bruner reads the controller'
sial screening question that, if men answer in the
affirmative, bans them from giving blood] “From 1977
to the present, have you had sexual contact with
another male, even once?”
1 think it’s rubbish. Does that policy embarrass
me? Yes. Do 1 think it has any basis in science and
medicine? No. Do I think it should change? Yes.
The blood industry is highly regulated, and the Red
Cross or any other blood banks cannot opt not to
follow the policy.
The back story is the blood banking industry
was slow to respond to HIV/AIDS in the early ’80s.
They resisted universal testing of the blood supply.
They were slow to recognize that HIV was blood
borne. And they waited too long before stepping
up. As a result of that, hyper-restrictive policies
were put into place, and the pendulum swung into
the extreme. Fast-forward 30 years, and this policy
clearly needs to be struck down. All blood is tested
for HIV, of course. But the FDA has declined to
change the policy repeatedly.
the HIV/AIDS community nationally get all kinds
of policies changed at the FDA, at the Centers for
Disease Control and at the National Institutes of
Health. Grassroots constituents weighing in,
writing letters, making phone calls and testifying
can result in policy change at the federal level. The
other level is for people like me to continue to
encourage our national organization to lean heav
ily and publicly on the FDA about this issue.
1 think it’s just a matter of time before this policy is
reversed. The policy is indefensible. FDA officials
come and go. People in power come and go.
Can I talk to [Oregon’s U.S. Sens.]
Smith and Ron Wyden and all members of the
Oregon congressional delegation? You bet. I haven’t
had the chance to, but I absolutely will. Part of that
is getting them to raise the issue, getting them to
bring their pressure.
JRC: What else do you want Just Out readers
to know?
TB: I want Just Out readers to know that even
though our hands are tied by this outdated FDA
policy, Red Cross blood is saving GLBT people’s
JRC: How did the realization that you'd have
lives in this state every day. They get that blood. If
to enforce a discriminatory policy play into your
my partner had acute appendicitis, it would be Red
decision of whether to accept this job?
Cross blood that would save his life.
TB: It was a point of discussion with the search
The people we’re training on first aid, lots of
committee of the board of directors. 1 said to them: i them are GLBT folks. The lives they will save as
“This is a big issue for me. I have to be able to say
a result of that training include GLBT lives. The
I think it’s a bad policy, so take that into account
American Red Cross—this 125-year-old institu
in determining whether I’m a gcxxl fit or not. I’m
tion—went and hired me to be their CEO, an open
going to speak against the policy and encourage the
ly gay Buddhist. Obviously, this place practices what
national Red Cross to push the FDA to change it.”
it preaches about inclusion, dignity and compassion.
And they said, “We agree with you.”
We kx>k forward to the day when we can [accept
bkxxl from gay men], but in the meantime we’re still
JRC: How do you plan to change the policy?
saving GLBT lives every day. And lesbians can give
TB: There are two sources of leverage. I was in
bkxxl, so they can give twice as often to make up for
their gay boyfriends who can’t. ©
the HIV/AIDS world for 20 years, and I watched
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