From AFP:
Chinese lesbians are signing onto an online petition asking for the right to donate blood, which is denied them by a society worried about AIDS, state media said Tuesday.
At least 540 lesbians nationwide have added their signature to the petition, and organisers hope to reach the number of 1,000 before handing it over to the government, the China Daily reported.
“We just hope the authorities respect our kind intention to donate blood and remove the discrimination,” said one of the organisers, who was not identified by her real name.
China has an estimated 30 million homosexuals, including 10 million lesbians, the paper said, citing the ministry of health.
