National Union of Students LGBT+ Campaign

The Donation, Not Discrimination campaign, which carried the tag line "It's time to end the ban", was a campaign to end the National Blood Service's discrimination against men who have had sex with other men, and women who have had sex with those men; the NBS would not allow them to give blood, a policy built upon the claim that gay men have a higher chance of carrying HIV. The campaign believed the lifetime ban to be discriminatory, and that it perpetuated the myth that AIDS is a “gay disease”. It argued that selection criteria should not be based on sexual orientation, but on participation in high-risk behaviour, and that the number of HIV infections through blood transfusion had been reduced in those countries where this is the case. The campaign ended in 2011 when the Department of Health lifted the ban.[4]

This campaign has been running since 2007 and is to help students in further education (FE) who want to set up or develop their LGBT groups. The campaign find that participation and support in FE insututions to be limited or non existent and this is to change this.

National officers within the Campaign are elected paid officials who coordinate and fulfil the agenda of the Campaign.

There are two officers for the NUS LGBT+ Campaign, one woman's place which is and is only elected by self identifying women and open place which is open to anyone who identifies within the membership of the Campaign. The officers can only stand for two years before having to step down.

The first national officers were elected in 2000, after NUS Annual Conference voted to change the constitution in order for the positions to be created.

Committee Members are elected representatives which help prioritise the agenda of the campaign and fulfill it. There are currently fourteen positions on the committee of seven types. The maximum term in office is two years in each type, and the representative must be elected each year.

The Further Education representatives are elected by delegates who are in Further Education and is in Further Education at the time of election. There is currently two positions as Further Education representatives. They are elected to help tackle the lack of participation within the liberation campaign despite the majority of NUS's membership being Further Education and to improve further education for LGBT people. The current representatives are Lani Baird and Joe Vinson, elected at the NUS LGBT Conference 2012.

The international representative is elected by delegates who identify as international students and can only be run for by someone who identifies as such. There is currently one international representative. They are elected to ensure international students are represented in the campaign.

The Trans representatives are elected by delegates who identify as trans and can only be run for by someone who identifies as trans. There are currently two positions as Trans representatives. They are elected to help tackle transphobia in the campaign and support trans people in society and education.

The Bi representative is elected by delegates who identify as bi (or who identify as being attracted to more than one sex under the bisexual umbrella, pansexuals, polysexuals, etc.) and can only be run for by someone who identifies as such. There is currently one position as bi representative. They are elected to help tackle biphobia in the campaign and support bi people in society and education. The current representatives are Lauren Connors and Matt Stanley, elected as a jobshare at the NUS LGBT Conference 2012.

The black representative comes from and are elected by a caucus of delegates who identify as black, or other ethnic minority. There are currently two positions as black representative, one open place and one women's place, the latter to be held only by self-identifying women. They are elected to help tackle racism in the campaign and support black LGBT people in society and education.

The Disabled representatives come from and are elected by a caucus of delegates who identify as Disabled. There is currently one position as Disabled representative. They are elected to help tackle ableism in the campaign and support Disabled LGBT people in society and education.

The open representatives are elected by delegates and can be contested by any delegate. There are currently three positions as open representatives. They are elected to help the campaign in general.

The women's place representatives come from and are elected by a caucus of delegates who self identify as women. There are currently three positions as women's representatives. They are elected to tackle sexism and help the campaign in general.