​What Are the New Guidelines for Gay and Bi Men Donating Blood?
The discriminatory blood ban based on sexual orientation is over, but what does that mean?
August 7, 2023
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Israel to Lift Gay Blood Ban
Thanks to a "double testing" system, men who have sex with men will soon be allowed to donate blood without a period of abstinence.
January 13, 2018
HRC Blasts FDA's Revised Blood Ban
Civil rights groups say the FDA's new guidelines are 'unacceptable' for retaining restrictions on blood donations by sexually active gay and bisexual men. And for transgender donors, there's also a change in the works.
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May 12, 2015
FDA Considers Revision of Gay Blood Ban
But not all LGBT groups are happy with the proposed new policy, which mandates a one-year period of abstinence.
December 2, 2014
China Ends Ban on Blood Donation by Lesbians
Fears about HIV transmission led to the ban, although woman-to-woman sexual transmission is highly unlikely.
July 6, 2012
WATCH: How 7 Feet of Gay Blood Became Political Art
Blood Mirror by Jordan Eagles is a 7-foot-tall sculpture designed as a protest to the FDA's discriminatory blood donation policy.
June 24, 2015
WATCH: Donate Your Gay Blood To End The Ban
One out filmmaker wants to bring attention to the FDA's lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood with a national gay blood drive on July 12.
July 8, 2013
Influential Medical Group Now Opposes Gay Blood Ban
The AMA is now urging the FDA to revise its 30-year-old discriminatory policy that prohibits gay men from donating blood.
June 20, 2013
