<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>FYI </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Jody Gray <<a href="mailto:jgray@ala.org">jgray@ala.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> June 17, 2016 at 1:32:50 PM PDT<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:glbtrt-l@lists.ala.org">glbtrt-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:glbtrt-l@lists.ala.org">glbtrt-l@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:tf-edi@lists.ala.org">tf-edi@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:tf-edi@lists.ala.org">tf-edi@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:srrtac-l@lists.ala.org">srrtac-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:srrtac-l@lists.ala.org">srrtac-l@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:sustainrt-l@lists.ala.org">sustainrt-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:sustainrt-l@lists.ala.org">sustainrt-l@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:cod@lists.ala.org">cod@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:cod@lists.ala.org">cod@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:comlit@lists.ala.org">comlit@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:comlit@lists.ala.org">comlit@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:ruralib@lists.ala.org">ruralib@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ruralib@lists.ala.org">ruralib@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:spectrumcohort@lists.ala.org">spectrumcohort@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:spectrumcohort@lists.ala.org">spectrumcohort@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:scholars@lists.ala.org">scholars@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:scholars@lists.ala.org">scholars@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:caupres@lists.ala.org">caupres@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:caupres@lists.ala.org">caupres@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:emie-l@lists.ala.org">emie-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:emie-l@lists.ala.org">emie-l@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:olosadv@lists.ala.org">olosadv@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:olosadv@lists.ala.org">olosadv@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:jclcbod@lists.ala.org">jclcbod@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:jclcbod@lists.ala.org">jclcbod@lists.ala.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>RE: Blood Drive at Annual</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Jody Gray <<a href="mailto:jgray@ala.org">jgray@ala.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FDA regulations prohibit men who have been sexually active with another man in the past year from donating blood. This exclusion extends to men who practice safe sex
and men who are in a monogamous relationship. This prohibition effectively bans most of the gay community from donating blood.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Given that the attack occurred in a gay nightclub and the victims were members of the GLBT community, the inability of gay men to donate blood makes this prohibition extremely painful. The victims directly affected by this tragedy who are in need of lifesaving
blood and their community are the very people banned from donating it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I urge conference attendees who are eligible to donate blood to donate in our place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Peter Coyl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Jody Gray, MLIS<br>
Director, Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services<br>
American Library Association <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">50 E. Huron St.<br>
Chicago, IL 60611<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:jgray@ala.org">jgray@ala.org</a><br>
Phone: 312-280-5295<br>
1-800-545-2433, ext. 5295<br>
website: </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.ala.org/diversity">www.ala.org/diversity</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Jody Gray
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 17, 2016 3:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:glbtrt-l@lists.ala.org">glbtrt-l@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:tf-edi@lists.ala.org">tf-edi@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:srrtac-l@lists.ala.org">srrtac-l@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:sustainrt-l@lists.ala.org">sustainrt-l@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:cod@lists.ala.org">cod@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:comlit@lists.ala.org">comlit@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:ruralib@lists.ala.org">ruralib@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:spectrumcohort@lists.ala.org">spectrumcohort@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:scholars@lists.ala.org">scholars@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:caupres@lists.ala.org">caupres@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:emie-l@lists.ala.org">emie-l@lists.ala.org</a>;
<a href="mailto:olosadv@lists.ala.org">olosadv@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:jclcbod@lists.ala.org">jclcbod@lists.ala.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Blood Drive at Annual <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444">FYI<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444">Donate Blood</span></i></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444">Saturday, June 25, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM and Sunday, June 26, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444">Orange County Convention Center, West Building, Exhibit Hall, End of 400 aisle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444">To sign up for a donation time, go to <a href="https://www.oneblood.org/donate-now/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#428BCA">https://www.oneblood.org/donate-now/</span></a> and
type in sponsor code # 10145.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jody Gray, MLIS<br>
Director, Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services<br>
American Library Association <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">50 E. Huron St.<br>
Chicago, IL 60611<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:jgray@ala.org">jgray@ala.org</a><br>
Phone: 312-280-5295<br>
1-800-545-2433, ext. 5295<br>
website: <a href="http://www.ala.org/diversity">www.ala.org/diversity</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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