Gay & Bisexual Men Now Eligible to Donate Blood Under New FDA Policies
The agency has moved toward risk-based assessments as opposed to discriminatory bans based on gender or sexual orientation.
May 11, 2023
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The agency has moved toward risk-based assessments as opposed to discriminatory bans based on gender or sexual orientation.
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.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration still categorizes transgender women as 'men who have sex with men,' meaning they're considered 'higher risk' in formal recommendations to blood banks.
The senators' call comes as other countries lift deferral periods on blood donations by queer men --France and Greece did so this week.
Trump says he had no role in easing donation restrictions, but Log Cabin stands by its praise for him.
The recent liberalization of the policy is a good move but doesn't go far enough, they say.
Florida voters are receiving texts saying Shevrin Jones "was discriminated against for recent homosexual contact."
All prospective donors who report having a new sexual partner or anal sex in the last three months will have to defer donations for three months.
The FDA not only bans gay and bi men from giving blood, they actively discourage them from donating sperm. Will the agency ever change its ways?
Gay and bisexual men are still banned for life from donating blood in the U.S.
COVID-19 survivor Lukus Estok has antibodies in his blood that can save lives, but a blood center in New York City doesn't think it's good enough.
Blood Mirror by Jordan Eagles is a 7-foot-tall sculpture designed as a protest to the FDA's discriminatory blood donation policy.
The president should demonstrate his commitment to LGBTQ+ equality by ending this antiquated rule.
The discriminatory blood ban based on sexual orientation is over, but what does that mean?
The new guidelines eliminates the gendered-language in the current blood donation questionaire.
As many blood centers scramble to update guidelines, New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman is urging an end to any abstinence period for gay and bi men.
Blood Mirror, a scuplture protesting the FDA's ban on gay male blood donors, is moving to an unexpected home.
Gay and bi men in the U.S. can now donate blood -- as long as they haven't had sex with another man in the last 365 days.
Twitter takes a stand against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ban on accepting blood from men who have had sex with men.
The FDA now recommends that gay and bi men be allowed to donate blood after three months of sexual abstinence, not 12 as previously allowed.