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The FDA loosens blood donation rules, allowing more gay & bi donors
However, some feel the guidelines still exclude and add stigma to too many gay and bi donors.
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Israel is ending their ban on blood donation from queer men. Why isn’t America?
Men who have sex with men (and women they have sex with) in America are still prevented from freely giving blood as other countries around the world, blood banks, and scientists move away from such archaic policies.
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Gay Senator furious after being turned away from giving blood despite meeting guidelines
Getting rid of the FDA blood ban would empower 175,000 likely gay and bi male donors to give an estimated 300,000 pints of additional blood annually, potentially saving over a million lives each year.
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Gay men still can’t donate blood or lifesaving COVID-19 antibodies
Potential LGBTQ donors are getting mad at blood banks, and blood banks are getting mad at the Trump administration.