sentences:  However, in December 2009, the Constitutional Court of Peru ruled that homosexual or bisexual orientation or engaging in homosexual sex cannot be an impediment to membership of the police forces and the military.In July 2015, in response to a lesbian woman who was turned down from donating blood due to her sexual orientation, the Health Ministry issued a statement condemning the incident and affirming that one's sexual orientation is not an impediment to donate blood.Nevertheless, when comedian and playwright Carolina Silva Santisteban applied to donate blood in early 2018, her application was rejected on the basis of her sexual orientation.