In May 2023, the US FDA replaced blood donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men with a risk assessment tool.

In May 2023, the US FDA removed all restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men donating blood, replacing them with a new blood donation risk assessment tool that treats everyone equally. The change allowed Jose Dominguez, 50, and his husband Craig Burdett to donate blood for the first time since 1997 and 1999 respectively, when they started openly identifying as gay. Early data suggests that this rule change has made a difference in blood donation rates.

June 18, 2024
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