A man who has had sex with another man anytime since 1977 cannot donate blood, vital organs/tissue or semen, which includes any sexually active gay man regardless of their safer sex practices. Unfair? You bet. According to the law, a straight man that, say, has unprotected sex with a high risk woman can give blood after 12 months, but a gay man can never give blood, even if he's been in a monogamous relationship practicing safer sex.
In May of 2007, the FDA renewed its 1983 policy banning gay blood donors. The FDA's official policy statement on MSM's says that the "policy is based on the documented increased risk of certain transfusion transmissible infections, such as HIV, associated with male-to-male sex and is not based on any judgment concerning the donor's sexual orientation, (yeah, right)".
In May of 2007, the FDA renewed its 1983 policy banning gay blood donors. The FDA's official policy statement on MSM's says that the "policy is based on the documented increased risk of certain transfusion transmissible infections, such as HIV, associated with male-to-male sex and is not based on any judgment concerning the donor's sexual orientation, (yeah, right)".
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