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Gay ban stopped me giving blood to mum

When student Dij Bentley’s mother Christine was diagnosed with cancer, she desperately needed a transfusion to save her life.

Like his brother and many of his mother’s friends and colleagues, Dij wanted to help and offered to donate some of his blood. However, he was told he couldn’t – because he is gay.