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Red Cross ends blood-donation restrictions that singled out gay and bisexual men

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Red Cross ends blood-donation restrictions that singled out gay and bisexual men

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News@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

The FDA in May dropped a nearly 40-year policy that had singled out men who have sex with men.

The American Red Cross is now allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood without restrictions that specifically single out a person’s sexual orientation or gender, the nonprofit group said Monday.

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I was stationed in UK and couldn’t donate blood as a result. That was only ten years ago. Since they opened it back up I am getting constant calls to donate.

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