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'Only those who hate us want our blood'

Poet Dean Atta shares a poem about the restrictions on gay men donating blood, written after the mass shooting in an Orlando gay club. In the USA and UK gay men must have been celibate for a year or more in order to be able to donate blood.

(Photo: people queue to donate blood in Orlando Credit: Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)

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