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Gay mayor invited to host blood drive in which he can’t donate
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Jun 12, 2013 08:22pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Gerald Farinas |
| News Date | Thursday, May 30, 2013 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | When he was selected by fellow San Francisco Bay Area city council members in 2009, the presently 30-year-old Evan Low became the youngest, openly gay, Asian-American mayor in the nation. The “boy wonder” of the City of Campbell has an interesting proposal sitting on his desk that brings much irony for the mayor, and attention to what many gay men have long claimed as blatant, unnecessary discrimination by the Federal government.
The Northern California Blood Services Division of the American Red Cross is engaging cities and towns to participate in its City Blood Challenge 2013. It is a competition between Northern California municipalities to collect blood donations from August 1 to September 30, a summer period where there’s great need for the resource in 27 area hospitals.
Mayor Low pondered the irony of hosting a citywide blood drive in which, as a gay man, current U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services and Food and Drug Administration policy bans him from donating. |
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