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FDA likely to end blanket ban on sexually active gay men donating blood
Research backed by the Food and Drug Administration «will likely support» ending a blanket ban on blood donations from sexually active gay men, the agency said Wednesday.
Norwegian health minister : Wants to change the blood donor rules for gays
The Norwegian government under the Minister of Health Ingvild Kjerkol is now giving an assignment to the Norwegian Directorate of Health: The quarantine rules for gay blood donors will be reviewed.
Ban on gay men donating blood is lifted in Ireland
Irish Health Minister Simon Harris also stressed the importance of people offering blood.
Politicians, Gay Rights Groups Calls on FDA to Lift Blood Donor Ban
Gay rights groups and members of Congress called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reverse the guideline that bars gay and bisexual men from donating blood unless they abstain from sex for one year.
Gay men can’t donate blood to victims of the Orlando shooting
Everyone’s first response after an atrocity like this is to ask how they can help. Gay and bisexual men are stymied in their efforts to do so by an outdated law.
Gay blood case to be taken to UK’s highest court
A gay man is to take his legal challenge to the ban on homosexual blood donations in Northern Ireland to the UK’s highest court.