Cole J. Williams
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Cole J. Williams (born c. 2000[1]) is a nurse, health care activist, and founder of Pride and Plasma[2], a health care policy organization. He was involved in researching and advocating for a revision to the Food and Drug Administration's blood donation deferment policy for LGBTQ+ men.
Education and career
Williams earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing with a minor in Political Science at the University of Cincinnati, graduating in 2023[3].
While attending the University of Cincinnati, he interned in the the United States House of Representatives, for Representative Lauren Underwood.[4]. He also was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity[5], serving as president of the UC chapter in 2022[1]
Activism
In 2022, Williams launched a project to prevent spiked drinks through the University of Cincinnati's Fraternity and Sorority Life office[6].
Pride and Plasma
In May of 2022, Williams founded Pride and Plasma, an organization to advocate for a revision to the FDA's former 3-month deferral policy for blood donations from queer men[7][8][9]. Williams spoke at the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Blood Products Advisory Committee meeting in December of the same year[10]. In 2023, Pride and Plasma expanded their initiatives to include transgender and nonbinary blood donation[11], the FDA's 5-year deferment policy for tissue donations from queer men[12], and the Department of Health and Human Services 30-day policy for organ donation from queer men.
Personal Life
Williams was born in Illinois[13], and resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schneck, Ken (2022-11-29). "This 22-year-old Ohio student is leading the charge to end the blood ban on queer men". The Buckeye Flame. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Our Leadership". Pride and Plasma. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ↑ Toerner, laura; Story (2023-03-07). "This UC nursing student is out for blood donation equality". UC News. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Why nurses are important to the U.S. political system". UC News. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Lowe, Ian (2020-08-28). "Educational Foundation Gives out $37,000 in Scholarships". Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ↑ Garr, Hayley (2022-11-02). "My Cup Condoms initiative to help reduce sexual assault on campus". The News Record. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ↑ McGinley, Laurie; Amenabar, Teddy; Nirappil, Fenit (2023-01-27). "FDA eases blood donation ban on gay and bisexual men after years of protest". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "FDA eases blood donation restrictions against men who have sex with men". PBS NewsHour. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ↑ Snodgrass, Erin. "FDA plans to lift blood donation restrictions on gay men and allow monogamous men to give, report claims". Insider. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ↑ Cornett, Kristen (2022-12-13). "UC student leads effort to change FDA's blood donor rules for queer men". WKRC. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Applewhite, Kendra Y. (2023-04-01). "Individual Donor Assessment: The Next Phase". AABB News. No. 25, 4. pp. 10–13.
- ↑ Macdonald, Ella (2023-05-03). "'It's discriminatory': LGBTQ2 advocates frustrated with tissue donation policy | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Qureshi, Zainie; Grzyb, Claudia (2018-02-02). "Turnabout culture continues to be unique from anything else at Metea". METEA MEDIA. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
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