FDA Inches Closer To Allowing Gay Men To Donate Blood, But There's A Catch

Gay and bisexual men would be able to give blood for the first time since being barred from making donations during the early, dark days of the AIDS epidemic, under a proposal announced Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration.

But there’s a caveat to the change that many in California’s gay community don’t welcome: Male blood donors must abstain from sex with another man for at least a year before they give.

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