Blood UK - greater inclusivity

[WomanInGrey]

Blood UK just sent me a newsletter saying From summer 2024, we’re becoming more inclusive. People registering to become a donor will also be asked for their sex assigned at birth, as well as currently being asked for their gender.

This fantastic news! It always worried me that young trans men might be giving blood more often than was safe, as they would be on the system as men (who can donate more often). I do wonder if that has happened, or other harm, over however many years they have just asked for gender.

Whole text here - https://www.blood.co.uk/news-and-campaigns/the-donor/latest-stories/updates-from-your-donation-sessions/

I had their newsletter this afternoon - it said ‘New donors will be asked for their sex assigned at birth at the point of registration.
Only those donors whose sex assigned at birth differs from their gender should contact us. We will then be able to give advice about the most suitable blood donation frequency and other clinical matters.’

I wonder how many actually will contact them, given how hard they’ve tried with the ‘acceptable’ language?

I’d be emailing to ask how I can tell if my sex was assigned, and which method is thought to be the most accurate (tossing a coin or ‘one potato, two potato’)?