Under the new guidelines, men may donate blood but only if they have not had sex with another man in the prior 12 months.īut this change has not pleased LGBT activists, who say the policy remains discriminatory.ĭr. The rule first emerged during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in this country. The Food and Drug Administration announced this week an end to a 30-year-old ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.
