FDA Continues Blood Libel of Gay Men
Category: QUEER VOICES
Previously, any gay man who ever had sex with another man, no matter how "safe" the sex, was deemed too risky to donate blood. Now they are banned only if they had sex within the last year. These regulations were put into place during the height of the HIV/AIDS hysteria.
By James Peron, ContributorPresident, Moorfield Storey Institute, 2014-12-25