Blood
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Kim Davis’ lawyer: Police traumatized by walking in blood from gay Pulse victims
Tuesday, January 24, 2017Police, he said, were victims, too, because they had to “get tested for AIDS-related conditions" due to all the blood from gay victims. -
France ends ban on gay, bisexual men donating blood, with a catch
Monday, July 11, 2016All French men are now officially allowed to donate blood, so long as they abstain from sex with men for a year. -
FDA eases restrictions on blood donations from gay men
Monday, December 21, 2015But the new policy bars donations from men who've had sex with a man in the past year. -
Bloody sculpture draws attention to FDA’s ban on gay and bisexual donors
Friday, October 30, 2015Encased in resin, Jordan Engles' jaw-dropping art installation "Blood Mirror" uses blood donated by nine gay and bisexual men. -
Exhibition showcases gay donors’ banned blood
Thursday, August 13, 2015Sculpture uses blood from nine gay, bisexual, and transgender men to protest FDA ban. -
FDA favors ending lifetime ban on blood donations from gay, bisexual men
Tuesday, December 23, 2014The FDA says it favors ending the nation's lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, replacing it with a policy barring donations from men who have had sex with men in the… -
FDA advisory panel has no plans to reconvene, vote on ending gay blood ban
Sunday, December 14, 2014The Blood Products Advisory Committee will not reconvene to continue discussions or to recommend that the FDA end its lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men. -
FDA advisers mull changes to lifetime ban on gay blood donors
Tuesday, December 2, 2014Health advisers have concerns about lifting a nationwide ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, despite growing pressure from gay rights advocates, medical experts and blood banks. -
FDA panel to weigh ending lifetime blood donor ban on gay, bisexual men
Sunday, November 30, 2014WASHINGTON -- Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet this week to consider a recommendation that it end its lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have had sex with men.… -
Panel recommends ending lifetime ban on blood donations from gay men
Thursday, November 13, 2014ARLINGTON, Va. -- A panel of doctors and blood donor advocates who advise the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services voted Thursday to recommend that the federal government end its lifetime ban on blood donations…
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