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ROCKVILLE, MD- Long Island residents Joey Mirras and Sandy McAvoy, domestic
\n partners of 14 years, have never considered themselves "activists" and
\n have little interest in politics. But that was before the Food and Drug
\n Administration made its controversial decision to ban gay men from donating
\n sperm to local sperm banks. The FDA’s move, says Mirras, left them with
\n bad tastes in their mouths, and prompted them to put out a "call-to-arms" among
\n their extensive network of gay and straight friends. "We weren’t going
\n to take this lying down," says Mirras, whose movement called "Act
\n Up, Jack Off" is now gaining national attention.<\/p>\n
Last week’s decision
\n by the Food and Drug Administration to ban gay men from donating to sperm
\n banks has angered many in the gay community,
\n prompting some members to take matters into their own hands. A "call-to-arms" resulted
\n in hundreds of semen samples being sent to the FDA’s Rockville, MD, headquarters. Protest
\n organizers are praising this ‘outpouring of support’<\/p>\n
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