Other. Alway chose other
Let the data miners sort it out.

“I identify as a crustacean.”

Well, I'd guess they want to know who you've been having sex with on weekends. If you claim the same gender, it means your blood may be contaminated with all kinds of creepy crawling things that no one wants.

These days no one in their right mind wants my blood either. Too many drugs (the prescribed type). Who knows what my drug infested blood would do to a healthy person. Sure doesn't cure me. Might be full of sugar, or not.

They've stopped asking all the silly nonsense about if I've been to Africa, Haiti, or Miami. Guess those places all have their own demons. Haven't heard how the latest Eubola is going. Or has it run its course, or kilt everyone who could report on it. No reason to worry, I'm a free 'Merican with guns, and if you try to force me to one of those hell holes, I'm goin down shootin'.

Now the hospital asks me if I've had thoughts of suicide or harming my self. They've gotta ask I'm told. Just more questions some crazy person has come up with to make some underling uncomfortable with asking. Guess its why we can't carry into hospitals.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
So, now that they ask, does that make it gender fluid?

This is a question I have been wondering about not being 100% caught up on the whole LGBTXYZ thing. First where do you test the gender fluid? No clue where to stick the dip stick. Second what are we testing for? Specific density, viscosity, hydrocarbons, alkalinity?

Does Amazon sell a test kit?

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Now the hospital asks me if I've had thoughts of suicide or harming my self. They've gotta ask I'm told. Just more questions some crazy person has come up with to make some underling uncomfortable with asking.

Thank your government for those questions. They are paying docs to ask Medicare patients these questions under the auspices of a Depression questionnare. About as stupid as the fifth vital sign.

Meat popsicle.

Yes.

Need Proof?

For about 6 months or so, the local blood center asked: "What was your gender at birth?". My usual reply was: "I can't remember, that was a long time ago, and I was pretty young then. Can I call my mom and ask her?".

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Originally posted by Patrick-SP2022:



Link to original video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=POCUgBSVENQ

Being a musician raised by two musicians with two musician siblings, I often think of tunes - they occur to me based on my daily experiences.

When I read the thread title, this song immediately entered my mind!

Thanks for posting.

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Originally posted by ffips:
Other. Always choose other
Let the data miners sort it out.

I believe THIS is the most appropriate response in today's America!

Why ask? Don’t they run tests on blood before storing it? Can’t they just test for sex then?

My response to the question would be "Why do you need to know? Is male blood different from female blood?"

I stopped giving blood some years ago when it became obvious that all the medications I was being told to take were not compatible with the process.

flashguy

They ask because the FDA requires it. The rule has long been that they don’t accept blood from men who have had sex with other men. It used to be if you’d ever been with a man but they changed it to within 12 months and soon, or maybe already, they will stop caring at all. The thing is it’s stupid anyway because the FDA announced that they want people to answer the gender question based on how they feel, not what they actually are. Which makes me wonder what they would say to two lesbians who both identify as men. If they both say they are men and that they sleep together does the FDA make them wait 12 months?

Since the FDA doesn’t actually care what biological sex someone is they should just stop asking the question. But they don’t because, well, it’s a government operation and logic isn’t really a factor is decision making.

The lady asked you this time because nobody knows anymore. Before they probably just marked you as male without asking because it’s obvious but since now it’s how you feel they have to ask.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Let's say someone only wants "male" blood, or only wants "female" blood, and as the "recipient", they should have a greater precedence of the "sex" of the donor, more so than the donor's preference, no?

When someone is bleeding out they really don’t ask those kinds of question or make those requests

“my eyebrows ain't plucked
There's a gun in my truck
Oh thank God, I'm still a guy“

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Originally posted by OcCurt:
Meat popsicle.

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I quickly decided against offering to drop my pants and visually show her, didn't want the cops to arrest me.

She was a actually very cool to deal with

When I first read that i was wondering if she was referring to you dropping your pants!...

Gene at the doctor's office:

I’ve been asked that question at a number of more recent donations (Southern Region ARC/Atlanta area). They draw several vials of blood for testing after you’ve completed the donation. There are several issues that women’s blood must be checked for that don’t occur in men; they could also be using the question as the first step in the testing process. Personally, I hope they aren’t skipping the female-only issue tests on male donations since, just like in answering pollsters, some people may give misleading answers.